Quantitative localisation of synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAA receptor subunits on hippocampal pyramidal cells by freeze-fracture replica immunolabelling

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1868-1888

  Kasugai, Yu ^a,b,c   Swinny, Jerome D ^b   Roberts, J David B ^b,c   Dalezios, Yannis ^d,e   Fukazawa, Yugo ^a,c   Sieghart, Werner ^f   Shigemoto, Ryuichi ^a,c,g   Somogyi, Peter ^b,c  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^f Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^g JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dendritic spine; Electron microscope; GABAergic synapse; Hippocampus; Immunoreactivity; Inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA3; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROLIGIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; FREEZE FRACTURE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FREEZE FRACTURING; GUINEA PIGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES;

EID: 78649709408     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07473.x     Document Type: Article

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