A transgenic mouse line for molecular genetic analysis of excitatory glutamatergic neurons

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-257

  Borgius, Lotta ^a   Restrepo, C Ernesto ^a   Leao, Richardson N ^a   Saleh, Noor ^a   Kiehn, Ole ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cre recombinase; Glutamate; Interneuron; Transgenic mouse; Vesicular glutamate transporters

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 77956611694     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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