@article{59e6c2ae43ec4dde8ba326b5f44f12ab,
title = "Clustering of the group III metabotropic glutamate receptor 4a at parallel fiber synaptic terminals in the rat cerebellar molecular layer",
abstract = "We report in this study with a pre-embedding immunogold method, the clustering of the group III metabotropic glutamate receptor 4a (mGluR4a) along the presynaptic membrane of parallel fiber synaptic terminals in the cerebellar molecular layer. The mGluR4a clusters were homogeneously distributed and interspaced by about 60 nm. These results suggest a particular arrangement of mGluR4a which might help to a rapid and effective activation of this receptor by glutamate.",
keywords = "Cerebellum, Electron microscopy, Excitatory neurotransmission, G-proteins, Immunogold, Pre- embedding immunocytochemistry",
author = "Mateos, {Jos{\'e} Mar{\'i}a} and Izaskun Elezgarai and Roc{\'i}o Ben{\'i}tez and Alexandra Osorio and Aurora Bilbao and Azkue, {Jon Jatsu} and Rainer Kuhn and Thomas Kn{\"o}pfel and Pedro Grandes",
note = "We thank D. R{\"u}egg for excellent help in the generation and purification of the antiserum. Part of this work has been supported by Ministerio de Educaci{\'o}n y Cultura DGICYT grant PB95-0347 and Gobierno Vasco grant PI-1997-41. J.M. Mateos; J.J. Azkue and A. Osorio were in receipt of fellowships from Gobierno Vasco (grants BFI 95.154, BFI98.18, BFI98.109, respectively) and R. Ben{\'ı}tez and I. Elezgarai from the Basque Country University (1996 and 1998, respectively). Publisher copyright: {\textcopyright} 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.",
year = "1999",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/S0168-0102(99)00066-8",
language = "English",
volume = "35",
pages = "71--74",
journal = "Neuroscience Research",
issn = "0168-0102",
publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
number = "1",
}
