GABA and synaptic inhibition of mouse cerebellum lacking glutamate decarboxylase 67

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 370, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 429-433

  Obata, Kunihiko ^a   Hirono, Moritoshi ^a   Kume, Nobuko ^a   Kawaguchi, Yoshiya ^b   Itohara, Shigeyoshi ^a   Yanagawa, Yuchio ^c  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; GABA; Gene targeting; Glutamate decarboxylase; Immunohistochemistry; Inhibitory postsynaptic currents; Patch clamp; Ptf1a; Purkinje cells

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CRE RECOMBINASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE TARGETING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LOXP GENE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PTF1A GENE; PURKINJE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; INTEGRASES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PURKINJE CELLS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 42749085969     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.03.110     Document Type: Article

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