Low-threshold calcium channel subunit Cav3.3 is specifically localized in GABAergic neurons of rodent thalamus and cerebral cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1181-1195

  Liu, Xiao Bo ^a   Murray, Karl D ^a   Jones, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Immunocytochemistry; Parvalbumin; Synapse; Thalamocortical

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT CAV3.3; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; PARVALBUMIN; PEROXIDASE; SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EMBEDDING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RODENT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA MULATTA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THALAMUS;

EID: 79951803718     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22567     Document Type: Article

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