Abstract
Scientists at the University of California in San Francisco have developed a photoreactive antagonist for a neuronal ion-channel receptor that allows precise temporal and spatial inactivation of the receptor, promising to elucidate its role in memory formation.
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Rusk, N. Memories are made of this. Nat Methods 1, 185 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1204-185
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1204-185