Glycine Transporters Not Only Take Out the Garbage, They Recycle

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  • Gabor Brasnjo
  • Thomas S Otis
چکیده

Two articles in the current issue of Neuron examine the consequences of deleting the two genes that encode glycine transporters. Interestingly, loss of glial transporters enhances while loss of presynaptic neuronal transporters reduces glycinergic transmission. These two opposing phenotypes resemble distinct human diseases characterized by dysfunction in glycinergic signaling.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Neuron

دوره 40  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003