The nerve cell (IMAGE)

University of Bonn

The nerve cell

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on the right lacks the SLK molecule. As a result, it loses some of its inhibitory postsynapses (green) - these are the "regulators" that reduce the cell's response to a stimulus.

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Image: Anne Quatraccioni/University of Bonn

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