GABAA receptors can initiate the formation of functional inhibitory GABAergic synapses

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3146-3158

  Fuchs, Celine ^a   Abitbol, Karine ^a   Burden, Jemima J ^b   Mercer, Audrey ^a   Brown, Laura ^a   Iball, Jonathan ^a   Anne Stephenson, F ^a   Thomson, Alex M ^a   Jovanovic, Jasmina N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Neuroligin 2; Postsynaptic; Presynaptic; Synaptic adhesion; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROLIGIN; NEUROLIGIN 2; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

INHIBITION; NEUROLIGIN-2; POSTSYNAPTIC; PRESYNAPTIC; SYNAPTIC ADHESION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BASAL GANGLIA; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; GABAERGIC NEURONS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS;

EID: 84885961284     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12331     Document Type: Article

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