Probing glycine receptor stoichiometry in superficial dorsal horn neurones using the spasmodic mouse

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2459-2474

  Graham, B A ^a   Tadros, M A ^a   Schofield, P R ^b,c   Callister, R J ^a  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA1 SUBUNIT; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA3 SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPASM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POINT MUTATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79955966448     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.206326     Document Type: Article

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