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P R Schofield1, B D Shivers, P H Seeburg.
Abstract
The molecular characterization of neuroreceptors and voltage-gated ion channels has revealed that receptor subtype heterogeneity is a common feature of chemical and electrical signal reception. The use of distinct genes encoding receptor subtypes is a favoured mechanism for generation of this diversity. We propose that the significance of the multiplicity and diversity of signal reception proteins is to increase the information-handling capacity of neurons. This may contribute to neural plasticity.Mesh:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 1688675 DOI: 10.1016/0166-2236(90)90052-c
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Neurosci ISSN: 0166-2236 Impact factor: 13.837