Mixed neurotransmission in the hippocampal mossy fibers

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Münster Wandowski, Agnieszka ^a   Gómez Lira, Gisela ^b   Gutiérrez, Rafael ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CA3; Co release; Dentate gyrus; GABA; Gap junctions; Mossy fibers

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 36; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; PICROTOXIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COMMUNICATION; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; EXCITABILITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GAP JUNCTION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SEIZURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84888427076     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00210     Document Type: Article

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