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Regulated lysosomal trafficking as a mechanism for regulating GABAA receptor abundance at synapses in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Molecular and cellular neurosciences - 1 Aug 2010
Davis Kathleen M, Sturt Brianne L, Friedmann Andrew J, Richmond Janet E, Bessereau Jean-Louis, Grant Barth D, Bamber Bruce A
Abstract excerpt
GABA(A) receptor plasticity is important for both normal brain function and disease progression. We are studying GABA(A) receptor plasticity in Caenorhabditis elegans using a genetic approach. Acute exposure of worms to the GABA(A) agonist muscimol hyperpolarizes postsynaptic cells, causing paralysis. Worms adapt after several hours, but show uncoordinated locomotion consistent with decreased GABA signaling....
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