Metabotropic regulation of extrasynaptic GABAA receptors

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Connelly, William M ^a   Errington, Adam C ^a   Di Giovanni, Giuseppe ^b   Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Extrasynaptic; GABA; Kinase; Plasticity; Tonic

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE ANCHORING PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C DELTA; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TONIC;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; AMNESIA; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TONIC INHIBITION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; EXTRASYNAPTIC; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EXTRASYNAPTIC; GABA; KINASE; PLASTICITY; TONIC;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84886842728     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00171     Document Type: Review

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