Synapsin II desynchronizes neurotransmitter release at inhibitory synapses by interacting with presynaptic calcium channels

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Medrihan, Lucian ^a,b   Cesca, Fabrizia ^a   Raimondi, Andrea ^a   Lignani, Gabriele ^a   Baldelli, Pietro ^a,b   Benfenati, Fabio ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPSIN II;

CALCIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITOR; NEUROLOGY; ORGANIC ACID; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DENTATE GYRUS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPSINS;

EID: 84872950630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2515     Document Type: Article

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