Glycinergic synapse development, plasticity, and homeostasis in zebrafish

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2009, Pages

  Ganser, Lisa R ^a   Dallman, Julia E ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Glial glycine transporter; Glycine encephalopathy; Glycine receptor; Glycinergic synapse; GlyT1 mutant; Motor behavior; Synaptic plasticity; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855377428     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.02.030.2009     Document Type: Article

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