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SUBMITTER: Kuramoto N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2570046 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kuramoto Nobuyuki N Wilkins Megan E ME Fairfax Benjamin P BP Revilla-Sanchez Raquel R Terunuma Miho M Tamaki Keisuke K Iemata Mika M Warren Noel N Couve Andrés A Calver Andrew A Horvath Zsolt Z Freeman Katie K Carling David D Huang Lan L Gonzales Cathleen C Cooper Edward E Smart Trevor G TG Pangalos Menelas N MN Moss Stephen J SJ
Neuron 20070101 2
GABA(B) receptors are heterodimeric G protein-coupled receptors composed of R1 and R2 subunits that mediate slow synaptic inhibition in the brain by activating inwardly rectifying K(+) channels (GIRKs) and inhibiting Ca(2+) channels. We demonstrate here that GABA(B) receptors are intimately associated with 5'AMP-dependent protein kinase (AMPK). AMPK acts as a metabolic sensor that is potently activated by increases in 5'AMP concentration that are caused by enhanced metabolic activity, anoxia, or ...[more]