GABA-A receptors α

Receptors mediating inhibitory neurotransmission

General references

Sassoè-Pognetto M, Panzanelli P, Lagier S, Fritschy JM & Lledo PM (2009). GABA receptor heterogeneity modulates dendrodendritic inhibition. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1170: 259-63.

Viltono L, Patrizi A, Fritschy JM & Sassoè-Pognetto M (2008). Synaptogenesis in the cerebellar cortex: differential regulation of gephyrin and GABAA receptors at somatic and dendritic synapses of Purkinje cells. Journal of Comparative Neurology 508: 579-91.

Kralic JE, Sidler C, Parpan F, Homanics GE, Morrow AL & Fritschy JM (2006). Compensatory alteration of inhibitory synaptic circuits in cerebellum and thalamus of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor alpha1 subunit knockout mice. Journal of Comparative Neurology 495: 408-21.

Essrich C, Lorez M, Benson JA, Fritschy JM & Lüscher B (1998). Postsynaptic clustering of major GABAA receptor subtypes requires the gamma 2 subunit and gephyrin. Nature Neuroscience 1: 563-71.

Fritschy JM & Mohler H (1995). GABAA-receptor heterogeneity in the adult rat brain: differential regional and cellular distribution of seven major subunits. Journal of Comparative Neurology 359: 154-94.

Benke D, Fritschy JM, Trzeciak A, Bannwarth W & Mohler H (1994). Distribution, prevalence, and drug binding profile of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subtypes differing in the beta-subunit variant. Journal of Biological Chemistry 269: 27100-7.

Fritschy JM, Benke D, Mertens S, Oertel WH, Bachi T & Möhler H (1992). Five subtypes of type A gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors identified in neurons by double and triple immunofluorescence staining with subunit-specific antibodies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 89: 6726-30.