Glycine receptors

H Betz; Robert J Harvey

doi:10.1038/npg.els.0000236

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Glycine receptors

H Betz and Robert J Harvey

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

1999

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/npg.els.0000236

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Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

ligand-gated ion channels

neurotransmitter receptor

receptor clustering

motor disorders

Glycine receptors are ligand-gated chloride channel proteins that mediate postsynaptic inhibition in spinal cord, brain stem and other regions of the central nervous system. Mutations in glycine receptor subunits cause hereditary neuromotor diseases in humans and animals.

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Title: Glycine receptors
Authors: H Betz (Author) - Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung, Germany
Robert J Harvey (Author) - Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung, Germany
Publication details: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Date published: 1999
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0000236
ISBN: 9780470015902
Organisation Unit: School of Health; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; Centre for Bioinnovation; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451085502621
Output Type: Encyclopedia entry

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