Researchers reveal mechanism for neuron self-preservation
Monday, October 19, 2009 - 17:14
in Biology & Nature
Tsuruta et al. find that a lipid kinase directs a voltage-gated calcium channel's degradation to save neurons from a lethal dose of overexcitement. The study appears in the October 19, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology (www.jcb.org).
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