Functional significance of co-localization of GABA and Glu in nerve terminals: A hypothesis

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 969-973

  Somogyi, Jozsef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co existence of GABA and Glu; Co expression of vesicular Glu and GABA transporters; Combinatorial neural code hypothesis; GABAergic phenotype of dentate granule cells; Signaling by multiple transmitters; Varying ratios of GABA and Glu in terminals

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 3; GLUTAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; BRAIN STEM; CELL VACUOLE; DENTATE GYRUS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GLUTAMATERGIC SYSTEM; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; RETINA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NERVE ENDINGS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 33744454927     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156802606777323737     Document Type: Review

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