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GABA-A receptor

The main inhibitory ligand-gated ion channel in the CNS; a pentameric alpha-beta-gamma subunit complex that opens its central chloride channel when GABA binds the orthosteric site. Benzodiazepines bind at the alpha-gamma interface to increase chloride channel opening frequency.

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