Presynaptic impairment in Niemann-Pick C1-deficient neurons: Not dependent on presence of glial cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 496, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-59

  Xu, Shujun ^a   Chen, Xiaowei ^a   Wei, Xiaofei ^a   Liu, Guilan ^a   Wang, Qinwen ^a  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glial cell; Neuron; Niemann Pick disease type C; Presynaptic defect

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXOCYTOSIS; GLIA CELL; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EXOCYTOSIS; FILIPIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEINS;

EID: 79955611747     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.03.097     Document Type: Article

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