Delta-subunit-containing GABAA-receptors mediate tonic inhibition in paracapsular cells of the mouse amygdala

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Marowsky, Anne ^a   Vogt, Kaspar E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Delta GABAA receptor; Paracapsular cells; THIP; Tonic inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR DELTA; BICUCULLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DIAZEPAM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GABOXADOL; ISOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PARACAPSULAR CELL; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DELTA-GABAA RECEPTOR; DRUG EFFECT; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; PARACAPSULAR CELLS; PHYSIOLOGY; TONIC INHIBITION;

AMYGDALA; DELTA-GABAA RECEPTOR; PARACAPSULAR CELLS; THIP; TONIC INHIBITION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DIAZEPAM; GABA MODULATORS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; ISOXAZOLES; MICE; NEURAL INHIBITION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 84896917295     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00027     Document Type: Article

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