Functional Properties of Dendritic Gap Junctions in Cerebellar Golgi Cells

Neuron

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1043-1056

  Szoboszlay, Miklos ^a,b   Lőrincz, Andrea ^a   Lanore, Frederic ^c   Vervaeke, Koen ^c,d   Silver, R  Angus ^c   Nusser, Zoltan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

cerebellum; connexin36; dendrites; electrical synapses; gap junctions; immunolocalization; interneuron

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CEREBELLAR GOLGI CELL; CEREBELLUM; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FREEZE FRACTURE; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATO DENDRITIC VOLTAGE RESPONSE; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; CONNEXINS; DENDRITES; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICE;

EID: 84964587181     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.03.029     Document Type: Article

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