The biochemical anatomy of cortical inhibitory synapses.

Classical electron microscopic studies of the mammalian brain revealed two major classes of synapses, distinguished by the presence of a large postsynaptic density (PSD) exclusively at type 1, excitatory synapses. Biochemical studies of the PSD have established the paradigm of the synapse as a compl...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth A Heller, Wenzhu Zhang, Fekrije Selimi, John C Earnheart, Marta A Ślimak, Julio Santos-Torres, Ines Ibañez-Tallon, Chiye Aoki, Brian T Chait, Nathaniel Heintz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3387162?pdf=render