Plasticity of GABA transporters: An unconventional route to shape inhibitory synaptic transmission

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Scimemi, Annalisa ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; GABA; GABA transporters; GAT1; GAT3; Spillover; Synaptic transmission; Uptake

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GABA TRANSPORTER 1; GABA TRANSPORTER 3;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LASER MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 84901380376     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00128     Document Type: Article

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