Dissecting the ins and outs of excitement: glutamate receptors on the move
Volker Haucke
The author is at the Zentrum für Biochemie & Molekulare Zellbiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany. vhaucke@gwdg.de
AMPA, NMDA or insulin can cause endocytosis of AMPA receptors. Two papers now show that these stimuli act via distinct signaling pathways, some of which also induce LTD.
