An RNAi Screen Identifies Genes that Regulate GABA Synapses

Neuron

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-361

  Vashlishan, Amy B ^a,b   Madison, Jon M ^a   Dybbs, Mike ^a,c   Bai, Jihong ^a   Sieburth, Derek ^a   Ch'ng, Queelim ^a   Tavazoie, Masoud ^a   Kaplan, Joshua M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; MOLNEURO; SIGNALING

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEIZURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENETIC SCREENING; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RECEPTORS, GABA; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 42949097579     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.02.019     Document Type: Article

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