Re: i wanted to know about different gaba receptors on nuerons.

Date: Fri Jun 4 11:08:36 2010
Posted By: Mitchell Maltenfort, Staff, Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University
Area of science: Neuroscience
ID: 1275637359.Ns

Message:

Interesting question.

The articles at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15201037 and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14570250 indicate that two out of the three can be found on specific neurons. But would all three be found on the same neuron? Of course, one question is -- why? If two out of the three are present, what function could the third contribute?

Yang XL.
Characterization of receptors for glutamate and GABA in retinal neurons.
Prog Neurobiol. 2004 Jun;73(2):127-50.

Rotolo TC, Dacheux RF.
Evidence for glycine, GABAA, and GABAB receptors on rabbit OFF-alpha ganglion cells.
Vis Neurosci. 2003 May-Jun;20(3):285-96.

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