Biology:Granule-cell–Purkinje-cell synapse

From HandWiki
Purkinje cells (A) and granule cells (B) from a pigeon cerebellum

Granule-cell to Purkinje-cell synapses or gcPc synapses are the junctions that form the synapse in the cerebellum between granule cells and Purkinje cells.[1] These synapses are thought to be a storage site for the information that is required for motor coordination and their misfunctioning is involved with some movement disorders.[2] Glutamate is the neurotransmitter.

References

  1. ↑ "A Wavelet Approach for the Identification of Axonal Synaptic Varicosities from Microscope Images". https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=gcPc%20synapses&um=1&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=ps. "The cerebellar parallel fiber system contains the synapses be- tween the granule cells and the Purkinje cells (gcPc synapses), which have a strategic role in cerebellar function" 
  2. ↑ Isope, P.; Barbour, B. (November 2002). "Properties of unitary granule cell-->Purkinje cell synapses in adult rat cerebellar slices.". Journal of Neuroscience 22 (22): 9668–78. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-22-09668.2002. PMID 12427822. 



Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biology:Granule-cell–Purkinje-cell_synapse&oldid=2322861"