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SUBMITTER: Avila A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3763372 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Avila Ariel A Vidal Pía M PM Dear T Neil TN Harvey Robert J RJ Rigo Jean-Michel JM Nguyen Laurent L
Cell reports 20130815 4
Glycine receptors (GlyRs) are detected in the developing CNS before synaptogenesis, but their function remains elusive. This study demonstrates that functional GlyRs are expressed by embryonic cortical interneurons in vivo. Furthermore, genetic disruption of these receptors leads to interneuron migration defects. We discovered that extrasynaptic activation of GlyRs containing the α2 subunit in cortical interneurons by endogenous glycine activates voltage-gated calcium channels and promotes calci ...[more]