Coordinating different homeostatic processes.
In this issue of Neuron, Bergquist and colleagues study a rapid form of presynaptic homeostatic regulation at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. They show that the K(+) channel genes shal and shaker are reciprocally regulated in the central nervous system and suggest a hierarchical organization of intrinsic and synaptic homeostatic regulatory processes.
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Volen Center and Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA. marder@brandeis.edu
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