GABA Receptors
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Ian Martin is Professor of Pharmacology in the School of Life and Health Sciences at the University of Aston, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK. Susan Dunn is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK. They have common interests in GABAergic transmission in the central nervous system and their research is focused on the structure-function relationships of the Group 1a ligand-gated ion channel receptors.
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