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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 10.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Neurosci. 2010 Apr 14;11(5):301–315. doi: 10.1038/nrn2834

Table 2.

Brain G protein-gated Inward Rectifiers

Brain Region Single-channel conductance Composition
hippocampal pyramidal111,176,177 33-38 pS GIRK1, 2a, 2c, 3
substantia nigra41,178 56 pS GIRK2a, 2c
locus coeruleus179,180,182 30 & 45 pS GIRK1, 2, 3, 4
nucleus basalis181,182 32-39 pS GIRK1,2,3 4
ventral tegmental area43 unknown GIRK1, 2c, 3
medial prefrontal cortex57 30 pS unknown