The evolution of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels.

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Fast, ionotropic neurotransmission mediated by ligand-gated ion channels is essential for timely behavioral responses in multicellular organisms. Metazoa employ more ionotropic neurotransmitters in more types of synapses, inhibitory or excitatory, than is generally appreciated. It is becoming increasingly clear that the adaptability of a single neurotransmitter receptor superfamily, the pentameric ligand-gated...

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