Γ-Aminobutyric Acid in Adult Brain: An Updated.

This review assesses the parallel literature on the role of gamma - aminobutyric acid (GABA) in brain plasticity and GABA elements dysfunction related disorders. I review historical and new data from both animal and human sources which have helped define the key role for this transmitter synthesis, release and reuptake, GABA receptors subtype regulation, and GABAergic neurons function in the adult brain. The role of GABAergic elements in neurological and psychiatrically disorders is briefly discussed.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Behavioural Brain Research

• Publication date

  2019-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112224PMID 31518661
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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