Non-neuronal, slow GABA signalling in the ventrobasal thalamus targets δ-subunit-containing GABAA receptors

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1471-1482

  Jiménez González, Cristina ^a   Pirttimaki, Tiina ^a,b   Cope, David W ^b   Parri, H R ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Glia neuron interaction; Mouse; Rat; Somatosensory system

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR DELTA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIGABATRIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; SPONTANEOUS TRANSIENT OUTWARD CURRENT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; FEMALE; GABA AGENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 79954629671     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07645.x     Document Type: Article

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