Selective localization of collybistin at a subset of inhibitory synapses in brain circuits

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-141

  Patrizi, Annarita ^a,c   Viltono, Laura ^a   Frola, Elena ^a   Harvey, Kirsten ^b   Harvey, Robert J ^b   Sassoè Pognetto, Marco ^a  

^a National Institute of Neuroscience Italy   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

GABAA receptor; GABAergic synapses; Gephyrin; Receptor clustering

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA3; COLLYBISTIN PROTEIN; GEPHYRIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; ISOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE DISRUPTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE NET; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES;

EID: 81255191735     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22702     Document Type: Article

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