Finding homes at synapses

Mark Mayer
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Mark Mayer: the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurophysiology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH

Nature, 1997, vol. 389, issue 6651, 542-543

Abstract: Three types of receptor — NMDA, AMPA and kainate — bind the neurotransmitter glutamate in the brain. But the function of the kainate receptors has remained a mystery. Now, several groups have shown that activation of these receptors has an inhibitory effect on the release of another neurotransmitter, GABA, leading to a depression of excitatory synaptic transmission.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1038/39177

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