Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables transmitter-gated monoatomic ion channel activity involved in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including chemical synaptic transmission; chloride transmembrane transport; and gamma-aminobutyric acid signaling pathway. Predicted to act upstream of or within chloride transport and monoatomic ion transmembrane transport. Located in axon; dendrite; and neuronal cell body. Is active in GABA-ergic synapse and postsynaptic membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; metanephros; respiratory system; sensory organ; and ventricular layer. Used to study postpartum depression. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in idiopathic generalized epilepsy 10. Orthologous to human GABRD (gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit delta).