The importance of synapsin I and II for neurotransmitter levels and vesicular storage in cholinergic, glutamatergic and GABAergic nerve terminals

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 13-21

  Bogen, Inger Lise ^a   Haug, Kristin Huse ^a   Roberg, Bjørg ^a   Fonnum, Frode ^a   Walaas, S Ivar ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; GABA; Glutamate; Knockout; Synapsin; Synaptic vesicles

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMIC ACID; SYNAPSIN I; SYNAPSIN II; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PONS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SYNAPSINS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

MUS;

EID: 64949138359     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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