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Activity-dependent homeostatic specification of transmitter expression in embryonic neurons.
Nature - 3 Jun 2004
Borodinsky Laura N, Root Cory M, Cronin Julia A, Sann Sharon B, Gu Xiaonan, Spitzer Nicholas C
Abstract excerpt
Neurotransmitters are essential for interneuronal signalling, and the specification of appropriate transmitters in differentiating neurons has been related to intrinsic neuronal identity and to extrinsic signalling proteins. Here we show that altering the distinct patterns of Ca2+ spike activity spontaneously generated by different classes of embryonic spinal neurons in vivo changes the transmitter that neurons...
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