ELKS2α/CAST Deletion Selectively Increases Neurotransmitter Release at Inhibitory Synapses

Neuron

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-239

  Kaeser, Pascal S ^a,b   Deng, Lunbin ^a,b   Chávez, Andrés E ^d   Liu, Xinran ^b   Castillo, Pablo E ^d   Südhof, Thomas C ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; MOLIMMUNO; SIGNALING

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN ELKS2ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CALCIUM; CARRIER PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; RAB6IP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RIMS1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENE DELETION; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOSOME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GENE DELETION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 70350187100     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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