The GABAA Receptor β Subunit Is Required for Inhibitory Transmission
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Inhibitory transmission in locus coeruleus neurons expressing GABAA receptor epsilon subunit has a number of unique properties.
Fast inhibitory synaptic transmission in the brain relies on ionotropic GABA(A) receptors (GABA(A)R). Eighteen genes code for GABA(A)R subunits, but little is known about the epsilon subunit. Our aim was to identify the synaptic transmission properties displayed by native receptors incorporating epsilon. Immunogold localization detected epsilon at synaptic sites on locus coeruleus (LC) neurons....
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuron
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0896-6273
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.03.046