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NMDA receptors are crucial in the workings of the brain and in its disorders. Two structures of almost complete receptors reveal the intricate complexity of these large, multi-domain molecular machines. See Article p.191

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Figure 1: Structure of an NMDA receptor.

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  1. David Stroebel and Pierre Paoletti are at the Institute of Biology, École Normale Supérieure, CNRS UMR8197, INSERM U1024, 75005 Paris, France.,

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Stroebel, D., Paoletti, P. A structure to remember. Nature 511, 162–163 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/511162a

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