Neuronal coupling via connexin36 contributes to spontaneous synaptic currents of striatal medium-sized spiny neurons

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2147-2158

  Cummings, Damian M ^a   Yamazaki, Irene ^a   Cepeda, Carlos ^a   Paul, David L ^b   Levine, Michael S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; GABA; Gap junctions; Glutamate; Striatum

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; CONNEXIN 36; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEFLOQUINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GAP JUNCTION; GENOTYPE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; WILD TYPE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAP JUNCTIONS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEFLOQUINE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 48249111378     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21674     Document Type: Article

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