Subcellular localization and regulation of GABAA receptors and associated proteins

International Review of Neurobiology - Tập 48 - Trang 31-64 - 2001
Bernhard Lüscher1
1Department of Biology and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA

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