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- Title
Neuroscience: Location, location, location.
- Abstract
The article highlights a study by Ursula Koch and Anna Magnusson of LMU Munich, Germany, that addressed the role of GABA receptors in the signal processing of the brain. Accordingly, the study considered the lateral superior olive (LSO) and revealed that GABA released by neurons in the LSO adjusts the balance of excitation and inhibition experienced by the same neurons as a result of signals. The study further noted that neurons in the LSO tend to reject excitatory input which was manifested by the effect GABA has on excitatory nerve terminals.
- Subjects
NEUROTRANSMITTER receptors; GABA receptors; NEURAL receptors; NEUROSCIENCES; BRAIN function localization; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; MAGNUSSON, Anna; KOCH, Ursula; BRAIN research
- Publication
Nature, 2008, Vol 454, Issue 7203, p371
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/454371a