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下垂体ニューロンにおけるNav1.7によるほぼ完璧なシナプス統合は,体重を調節する

Tiago Branco1, Adam Tozer2, Christopher J Magnus3

  • 1Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA; Division of Neurobiology, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.

Cell
|June 18, 2016
PubMed
まとめ

下垂体ニューロンは,ナビ1.7ナトリウムチャネルを使用して,延長された時間スケールでシナプス入力を統合します. このメカニズムはマウスの体重と 長期的なエネルギーホメオスタシスの制御に 極めて重要です

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