Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Membrane potential shapes regulation of dopamine transporter trafficking at the plasma membrane

  • Ben D. Richardson,
  • Kaustuv Saha,
  • Danielle Krout,
  • Elizabeth Cabrera,
  • Bruce Felts,
  • L. Keith Henry,
  • Jarod Swant,
  • Mu-Fa Zou,
  • Amy Hauck Newman,
  • Habibeh Khoshbouei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10423
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The dopaminergic system has important roles in a number of cognitive process. Here, the authors use detailed analysis of dopamine transporter trafficking to show its levels at the cell surface are sensitive to changes in membrane potential.