Terrence Brannon <brannon at surf.usc.edu> wrote:
> If ATP has its effects intracellularly and if synaptic receptors are
> not purinergic, then what is the physiological utility of such release?
There are purinergic cell membrane receptors, so ATP can also function
as a neurotransmitter.
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