Table 1.

Antibodies used for immunohistochemical stainingsa

TargetHost speciesDilutionCatalog #Company/origin
α-Dystroglycan (VIA4–1)Mouse1:10005-298EMD Millipore
α-Dystroglycan (11H6C4)Mouse1:10005-593EMD Millipore
β-DystroglycanMouse1:100ab49515Abcam
BassoonMouse1:2000VAM-PS003StressGen
CB1Rabbit1:3000258003Synaptic Systems
Cholecystokinin 8Mouse1:1000ab37274Abcam
Cre recombinaseRabbit1:1000PRB-106CCovance
Dystrophin (C-terminal)Mouse1:100BT39-9050-05Biotrend
GABAAR α1 subunitGuinea pig1:20,000Fritschy and Mohler, 1995
GABAAR α2 subunitGuinea pig1:6000Fritschy and Mohler, 1995
GABAAR γ2 subunitGuinea pig1:10,000Fritschy and Mohler, 1995
GAD65/67Rabbit1:2000GC3008Biomol
GephyrinMouse1:1000147021Synaptic Systems
NeuNMouse1:1000MAB377Chemicon
NL2Rabbit1:10,000Gift from Dr. Peter Scheiffele
PVRabbit1:100024428ImmunoStar
PSD-95Mouse1:1000MA1-045ABR
Synaptotagmin 2Rabbit1:1000105123Synaptic Systems
synArfGEFGuinea pig1:3000Gift from Dr. Hiroyuki Sakagami (Fukaya et al., 2011)
VGATRabbit1:3000131003Synaptic Systems
VGluT1Guinea pig1:1000135304Synaptic Systems
VGluT3Guinea pig1:4000AB5421Merck Millipore
  • aIf not otherwise stated, antibody VIA4–1 was used to label α-dystroglycan. For secondary antibodies, see Materials and Methods.