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Presynaptic Ca2+ channels compete for channel type-preferring slots in altered neurotransmission arising from Ca2+ channelopathy.
Neuron - 5 Aug 2004
Cao Yu-Qing, Piedras-Rentería Erika S, Smith Geoffrey B, Chen Gong, Harata Nobutoshi C, Tsien Richard W
Abstract excerpt
Several human channelopathies result from mutations in alpha1A, the pore-forming subunit of P/Q-type Ca2+ channels, conduits of presynaptic Ca2+ entry for evoked neurotransmission. We found that wild-type human alpha1A subunits supported transmission between cultured mouse hippocampal neurons equally well as endogenous mouse alpha1A, whereas introduction of impermeant human alpha1A hampered the effect of...
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