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- adverb In a
presynaptic manner
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Examples
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This finding is consistent with the observation that the majority of the RIIβ protein in the hippocampus appeared to be localized presynaptically in mossy fiber axon terminals (white arrow, panels 7-9).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michael Weisenhaus et al. 2010
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Nts. inhibit pain presynaptically & postsynaptically by reducing transmission of signals through spinothalamic tract
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Pain blocked presynaptically by release of enkephalin & dynorphin
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In addition, mutants for unc-18 (Munc18 / Sec1), which are deficient in synaptic vesicle release, also are not similar to How does RPM-1 function presynaptically in one neuron type and postsynaptically in another?
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More recently, it was found that activation of M-channels by a channel opener decreases the frequency of miniature excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic currents (mEPSC and mIPSC, respectively) without affecting their amplitude or waveform, thus suggesting that M-channels presynaptically inhibit glutamate and GABA release
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Noa Regev et al. 2009
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