A physiological role for ether-a-go-go K+ channels
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The ether-a-go-go (eag) potassium ion channels in Drosophila melanogaster is a new class of K+ channel that similar to mammalian M-channels and granule-cell channels. The eag K+ channel of Drosophila melanogaster exhibits low-conductance voltage-dependence that is inhibited by acetylcholine and intracellular Ca2+. Furthermore, the characteristics and M-current of the eag K+ channel are similar to mammalian M-channels because they belong to a common eag K+-channel gene family.
Publication Name: Trends in Neurosciences
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0166-2236
Year: 1997
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Diversity of GABA receptors in the vertebrate outer retina
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Recent research has shed new light on the diversity of retinal GABA receptors, their cellular distribution, functional characteristics and possible physiological role. Horizontal cells possess subtype C GABA receptors while GABA receptors on photoreceptor synaptic terminals are mainly of the A subtype. Owing to their different cellular location, the two subtypes respond to GABA differently.
Publication Name: Trends in Neurosciences
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0166-2236
Year: 1995
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