AMPA glutamate receptors, mediate the majority of excitatory signaling in the brain. Here the authors show how the auxiliary subunit TARP-γ8 shapes gating kinetics, ion conductance and rectification properties of the heteromeric GluA1/2 AMPA receptor.
- Beatriz Herguedas
- Bianka K. Kohegyi
- Ingo H. Greger