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Review
. 1992 Jun;2(3):317-22.
doi: 10.1016/0959-4388(92)90122-2.

Neuromodulation

H S Lopez  1 , A M Brown
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Neuromodulation

H S Lopez et al. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1992 Jun.

Abstract

The ability of the nervous system to respond to the environment and to learn depends upon the tuning of neuronal electrical activity, loosely called neuromodulation. The substrates for electrical activity and, therefore, neuromodulation are ion channels which may be either synaptic or extrasynaptic. Neuromodulation is dynamic and most frequently involves neurotransmitters and hormones acting via G-protein-coupled pathways.

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