Enhanced synaptic inhibition disrupts the efferent code of cerebellar purkinje neurons in leaner Cav2.1 Ca2+ channel mutant mice

Cerebellum

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 666-680

  Ovsepian, Saak V ^a,b   Friel, David D ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Ca2+ channelopathies; Cerebellum; Leaner mutation; P Q type Ca2+ channels; Purkinje Neurons

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL CAV2.1; CALCIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; CEREBELLUM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MUTATION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PURKINJE CELLS; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 84864721792     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-010-0210-9     Document Type: Article

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