Diffusion, not uptake, limits glycine concentration in the synaptic cleft

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1738-1752

  Titmus, Margaret J ^a   Korn, Henri ^a,b   Faber, Donald S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; GLYCINE; MEGLUMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; GOLDFISH; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0029863525     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.4.1738     Document Type: Article

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