| Literature DB >> 25033174 |
Ji Xu1, Baljit S Khakh2.
Abstract
ATP-gated P2X receptors are widely expressed in the nervous system, but their physiological roles are not fully understood. New insights from Pougnet et al. (2014) in this issue of Neuron show that postsynaptic P2X receptors may be activated by ATP released from astrocytes and function to downregulate synaptic AMPA receptors in hippocampal neurons.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25033174 PMCID: PMC4171101 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.06.028
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuron ISSN: 0896-6273 Impact factor: 17.173