CHEMICAL SIGNALING IN THE BRAIN

被引:21
作者
CHANGEUX, JP [1 ]
机构
[1] COLL FRANCE,F-75231 PARIS 05,FRANCE
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D O I
10.1038/scientificamerican1193-58
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Every thought, every voluntary action, begins when a neurotransmitter, released into a synapse, locks with its corresponding receptor. The receptor changes shape, causing the neuron to become permeable to ions. As the ions move, they change the electrical potential of the cell, causing a wave of current to run down it. How binding to a receptor can induce ionic flow is now becoming clear.
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