Receptors for the neurotransmitter glutamate are more mobile than previously suspected. They meander about on the neuronal surface and become reversibly trapped at the junctions between neurons.
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Sheng, M., Nakagawa, T. Glutamate receptors on the move. Nature 417, 601–602 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/417601a
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