Functional expression of the GABA A receptor α2 and α3 subunits at synapses between intercalated medial paracapsular neurons of mouse amygdala

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue MAY2012, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Geracitano, Raffaella ^a   Fischer, David ^b   Kasugai, Yu ^b   Ferraguti, Francesco ^b   Capogna, Marco ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Benzodiazepine; GABA A receptor; Intercalated cells; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA3;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL KINETICS; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCALATED MEDIAL PARACAPSULAR NEURON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84863616752     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00032     Document Type: Article

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