Extrasynaptic GABAA receptors couple presynaptic activity to postsynaptic inhibition in the somatosensory thalamus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 37, 2013, Pages 14850-14868

  Herd, Murray B ^a   Brown, Adam R ^b   Lambert, Jeremy J ^a   Belelli, Delia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; BICUCULLINE METHOBROMIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GABA AGENTS; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; THALAMUS; TYLOSIN;

EID: 84883732838     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1174-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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