Long-distance signaling via presynaptic glutamate transporters
Jacques I Wadiche1 & Henrique von Gersdorff2
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Jacques I. Wadiche is in the Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. jwadiche@nrc.uab.edu
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Henrique von Gersdorff is at the Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA. vongersd@ohsu.edu
Glutamate transporters have long been thought to help terminate the synaptic response through neurotransmitter binding and reuptake, but a new report in this issue identifies a role for their anionic current in information transmission in the retina.
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