Clostridium perfringens Epsilon Toxin Targets Granule Cells in the Mouse Cerebellum and Stimulates Glutamate Release

Etienne Lonchamp; Jean-Luc Dupont; Laetitia Wioland; Raphaël Courjaret; Corinne Mbebi-Liegeois; Emmanuel Jover; Frédéric Doussau; Michel R. Popoff; Jean-Louis Bossu; Jean de Barry; Bernard Poulain

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013046

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Clostridium perfringens Epsilon Toxin Targets Granule Cells in the Mouse Cerebellum and Stimulates Glutamate Release

Etienne Lonchamp,

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives UPR3212, Strasbourg, France
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Jean-Luc Dupont,

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives UPR3212, Strasbourg, France
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Laetitia Wioland,

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives UPR3212, Strasbourg, France
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Raphaël Courjaret,

Current address: Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, Qatar Foundation - Education City, Doha, State of Qatar

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives UPR3212, Strasbourg, France
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Corinne Mbebi-Liegeois,

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives UPR3212, Strasbourg, France
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Emmanuel Jover,

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives UPR3212, Strasbourg, France
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Frédéric Doussau,

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives UPR3212, Strasbourg, France
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Michel R. Popoff,

Affiliation Unité des Anaérobies et Leurs Toxines, Institut Pasteur à Paris, Paris, France
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Jean-Louis Bossu,

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives UPR3212, Strasbourg, France
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Jean de Barry,

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives UPR3212, Strasbourg, France
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Bernard Poulain

* E-mail: poulain@inci-cnrs.unistra.fr

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives UPR3212, Strasbourg, France
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Clostridium perfringens Epsilon Toxin Targets Granule Cells in the Mouse Cerebellum and Stimulates Glutamate Release

Etienne Lonchamp,
Jean-Luc Dupont,
Laetitia Wioland,
Raphaël Courjaret,
Corinne Mbebi-Liegeois,
Emmanuel Jover,
Frédéric Doussau,
Michel R. Popoff,
Jean-Louis Bossu,
Jean de Barry

Published: September 30, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013046

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