Synaptic transmission: Changing the (potassium) channel?

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 18, 266 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.41 Author: Sian Lewis The endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol increases the tonic and evoked firing rate of mouse dopamine midbrain neurons by inhibiting A-type potassium currents through a direct lipid interaction with Kv4.3 channels.

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Source: Nature Reviews Neuroscience - March 23, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Sian Lewis Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research

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