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NMDA receptor permeation: a light in the tunnel

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A single amino acid residue determines single-channel conductance, ion permeation and channel block in the NMDA receptor, three of the key features of this ligand-gated ion channel.

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Figure 1: A model of the GluN1-GluN2A NMDA receptor.

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The authors are supported by the US National Institutes of Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS036654 and NS065371 to S.F.T.) and by the Wellcome Trust (R41653 and R42176 to D.J.A.W.).

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