Inhibitory postsynaptic membrane specializations are formed in gephyrin-deficient mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 458, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 106-110

  O'Sullivan, Gregory Adrianus ^a   Hofer, Walter ^a   Betz, Heinrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain stem; GABAA receptor; Gephyrin; Glycine receptor; Inhibitory synapse; Neuroligin 2; Postsynaptic density

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GEPHYRIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; NEUROLIGIN; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 65549084943     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.04.036     Document Type: Article

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