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Signal Transduction in Astrocytes during Chronic or Acute Treatment with Drugs (SSRIs, Antibipolar Drugs, GABA-ergic Drugs, and Benzodiazepines) Ameliorating Mood Disorders

Table 2

Percentage astrocytic expression (astrocytic expression/(astrocytic + neuronal expression)) of GABAA receptor subunits as found by Cahoy et al. [131] in astrocytic and neuronal cell fractions obtained from murine brain*.

GABAA receptor subunitPercentage astrocytic expression

α10
α269.6 ± 3.65
α443.9 ± 2.15
α50
β161.4 ± 8.73
β30
γ192.6 ± 0.50
γ20

*No information was provided about β2.