GABA as a rising gliotransmitter

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 8, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Yoon, Bo Eun ^a   Lee, C Justin ^b  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Glial GABA; Gliotransmitter; MAOB; Tonic inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING);

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ASTROCYTE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; GLIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; NEUROGLIA; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 84919442256     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00141     Document Type: Review

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