Understanding the Molecular Diversity of GABAergic Synapses
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Understanding the Molecular Diversity of GABAergic Synapses
GABAergic synapses exhibit a high degree of subcellular and molecular specialization, which contrasts with their apparent simplicity in ultrastructural appearance. Indeed, when observed in the electron microscope, GABAergic synapses fit in the symmetric, or Gray's type II category, being characterized by a relatively simple postsynaptic specialization. The inhibitory postsynaptic density cannot...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1662-5102
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2011.00004