Nov. 26, 2012-- The year 2012 marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the cys loop ligand-gated ion channel superfamily of neurotransmitter receptors. This minireview series celebrates this with a series of articles reviewing current information for each of the family members, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, glycine receptors; GABAA receptors; serotonin-3 (5HT-3) receptors and glutamate-gated chloride ion channels of protosome invertebrate phyla. 
 

MINIREVIEWS IN THIS SERIES:

Introduction to Thematic Minireview Series on Celebrating the Discovery of the Cys Loop Ligand-gated Ion Channel Superfamily

F. Anne Stephenson

The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: the founding father of the pentameric ligand-gated ion channel superfamily

Jean-Pierre Changeux

Inhibitory glycine receptors: an update

Sebastien Dutertre, Cord-Michael Becker, and Heinrich Betz

Structure, Function and Modulation of GABA_A receptors

Erwin Sigel and Michael E. Steinmann

Glutamate-gated Chloride Channels

Adrian J Wolstenholme

5-HT3 receptors

Sarah C.R. Lummis