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ArticleFrontiers in neural circuits2012

The level and distribution of the GABA(B)R1 and GABA(B)R2 receptor subunits in the rat's inferior colliculus.

Lena Jamal, Aziz N Khan, Sehrish Butt, Chirag R Patel, Huiming Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in neural circuits, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lena JamalDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor Windsor, ON, Canada.
Aziz N Khan
Sehrish Butt
Chirag R Patel
Huiming Zhang
University of Windsor · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The type B γ-aminobutyric acid receptor (GABA(B) receptor) is an important neurotransmitter receptor in the midbrain auditory structure, the inferior colliculus (IC). A functional GABA(B) receptor is a heterodimer consisting of two subunits, GABA(B)R1 and GABA(B)R2. Western blotting and immunohistochemical experiments were conducted to examine the expression of the two subunits over the IC including its central nucleus, dorsal cortex, and external cortex (ICc, ICd, and ICx). Results revealed that the two subunits existed in both cell bodies and the neuropil throughout the IC. The two subunits had similar regional distributions over the IC. The combined level of cell body and neuropil labeling was higher in the ICd than the other two subdivisions. Labeling in the ICc and ICx was stronger in the dorsal than the ventral regions. In spite of regional differences, no defined boundaries were formed between different areas. For both subunits, the regional distribution of immunoreactivity in the neuropil was parallel to that of combined immunoreactivity in the neuropil and cell bodies. The density of labeled cell bodies tended to be higher but sizes of cell bodies tended to be smaller in the ICd than in the other subdivisions. No systematic regional changes were found in the level of cell body immunoreactivity, except that GABA(B)R2-immunoreactive cell bodies in the ICd had slightly higher optic density (OD) than in other regions. Elongated cell bodies existed throughout the IC. Many labeled cell bodies along the outline of the IC were oriented in parallel to the outline. No strong tendency of orientation was found in labeled cell bodies in ICc. Regional distributions of the subunits in ICc correlated well with inputs to this subdivision. Our finding regarding the contrast in the level of neuropil immunoreactivity among different subdivisions is consistent with the fact that the GABA(B) receptor has different pre- and postsynaptic functions in different IC regions.

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auditory midbrainauditory systemGABAGABABR1 subunitGABABR2 subunitGABAB receptorhearinginhibition

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