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GABA and the single oocyte: relating binding to gating

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Measurements in the same cell of both GABA binding and the physiological response it evokes provide the most direct evidence yet for some old ideas about receptor gating

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Figure 1: The postulated origin of the fast and slow components seen for dissociation of bound [3H]–GABA by Chang & Weiss.

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Colquhoun, D. GABA and the single oocyte: relating binding to gating. Nat Neurosci 2, 201–202 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/6298

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