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Regulation of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors by Their Auxiliary Subunits

Year: 2010

Type: review

Abstract: Glutamate receptors are major excitatory receptors in the brain. Recent findings have established auxiliary subunits of glutamate receptors as critical modulators of synaptic transmission, synaptic plasticity, and neurological disorder. The elucidation of the molecular rules governing glutamate receptors and subunits will improve our understanding of synapses and of neural-circuit regulation in the brain.

Source: Physiology

DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00033.2009

Author: Susumu Tomita

Institution: Yale University

Language: English

Topic: Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Subfield: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Mental Health

Award: Regulation of glutamate receptors by calcium-dependent protein kinases