aGABRacadabra: A surprising new role for GABAA receptors in cortical development
Nazim Kourdougli1, Carlos Portera-Cailliau2
1Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Neuron
|January 19, 2023
Abstract:
In this issue of Neuron, Babij, Ferrer, and colleagues provide new evidence that β3 subunit of GABAA receptors is critical for the maturation of functional networks in the neonatal somatosensory cortex.
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