GABA and glycine as neurotransmitters: a brief history

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22/01/2024 4:24 pm

γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) emerged as a potentially important brain chemical just over 50 years ago, but its importance as a neurotransmitter was not fully recognized until more than 16 years later. Today, we know that at least 40% of inhibitory synaptic processing in the mammalian brain uses GABA. Establishing its role as a transmitter has…

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