Open AccessFasting, feasting and the glutamatergic synapse
Author(s) -
Piya Ghose
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
disease models and mechanisms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.327
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1754-8411
pISSN - 1754-8403
DOI - 10.1242/dmm.010603
Subject(s) - glutamatergic , neuroscience , synapse , nmda receptor , excitatory postsynaptic potential , neuron , tone (literature) , excitatory synapse , biology , receptor , glutamate receptor , art , biochemistry , literature , inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Summary and comment on a recent Neuron paper entitled ‘Fasting activation of AgRP neurons requires NMDA receptors and involves spinogenesis and increased excitatory tone’ (Liu et al., 2012).
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