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Mutations in the K+/Cl- cotransporter gene kazachoc (kcc) increase seizure susceptibility in Drosophila.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 30 Aug 2006
Hekmat-Scafe Daria S, Lundy Miriam Y, Ranga Rakhee, Tanouye Mark A
Abstract excerpt
During a critical period in the developing mammalian brain, there is a major switch in the nature of GABAergic transmission from depolarizing and excitatory, the pattern of the neonatal brain, to hyperpolarizing and inhibitory, the pattern of the mature brain. This switch is believed to play a major role in determining neuronal connectivity via activity-dependent mechanisms. The GABAergic developmental switch may...
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