4.7 Article Proceedings Paper

How does a little acronym become a big transmitter?

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BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 68, Issue 8, Pages 1549-1555

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2004.06.038

Keywords

gamma-amino-butyric acid; chloride transport; developmental changes; history; synaptic inhibition and excitation; transmitters

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After an overview of the early, chequered history of the discovery of GABA and its gradual acceptance as inhibitory synaptic transmitter in the brain, the article lists and discusses some of the more unexpected later developments in studies of GABA, especially its role as excitatory transmitter in the immature brain. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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