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Get stoned in GABAergic synapses

Nature Neuroscience volume 12, pages 1081–1083 (2009)Cite this article

The study by Ozaita and colleagues in this issue identifies a function of CB1 cannabinoid receptors—THC-induced amnesia—and reveals the surprising role of GABAergic synapses in mediating this phenomenon.

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Figure 1: Cell type specific differences in CB1 levels in the hippocampus.

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  1. Ken Mackie is in the Gill Center and the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. kmackie@indiana.edu,

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  2. István Katona is at the Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. katona@koki.hu,

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