Analysis of synaptotagmin, SV2, and Rab3 expression in cortical glutamatergic and GABAergic axon terminals

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JANUARY, 2012, Pages

  Bragina, Luca ^a   Fattorini, Giorgia ^a   Giovedi, Silvia ^b   Melone, Marcello ^a   Bosco, Federica ^b   Benfenati, Fabio ^b,c   Conti, Fiorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Rab3; SV2; Synaptotagmin; VGAT; VGLUT1; VGLUT2

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN; RAB3A PROTEIN; RAB3C PROTEIN; SYNAPTIC VESICLE PROTEIN 2A; SYNAPTIC VESICLE PROTEIN 2B; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; SYNAPTOTAGMIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLUTAMATERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOISOLATION; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84857088578     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2011.00032     Document Type: Article

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