Methylmercury-Induced Movement and Postural Disorders in Developing Rat: High-Affinity Uptake of Choline, Glutamate, and γ-Aminobutyric Acid in the Cerebral Cortex and Caudate-Putamen

Effects of the crude venom of the social

Effects of the crude venom of the social wasp Agelaia vicina on γ-aminobutyric acid and glutamate uptake in synaptosomes from rat cerebral cortex

✍ Andrea Baldocchi Pizzo; Andréia Cristina Karklin Fontana; Joaquim Coutinho-Netto 📂 Article 📅 2000 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 134 KB 👁 1 views

Glutamate (L-glu) is the most important excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system. Its action is terminated by transporters located in the plasma membrane of neurons and glial cells, which have a critical role in preventing glutamate excitotoxicity under normal conditions.