GABAergic neurons.

Scientific American ·Vol. 258 ·No. 2 ·1988-02-00 ·Pages 82-9

Gottlieb DI

Abstract

One tends to think of the nervous system in terms of chains of excitatory signals that tell neurons to fire. The signals that say "Don't fire" also have a major role. Inhibitory signals damp overall neural activity and also fine-tune the responses of particular circuits. The primary carrier of these signals is the inhibitory transmitter known as GABA.

MeSH Terms

Animals Benzodiazepines/pharmacology Central Nervous System/cytology,physiology Glutamate Decarboxylase/genetics Humans Neural Inhibition Neurons/cytology,metabolism,physiology Receptors, GABA-A/genetics,physiology gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/metabolism,physiology

Chemicals

Receptors, GABA-A Benzodiazepines gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Glutamate Decarboxylase

Authors & Affiliations

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Gottlieb D I

Article Info

Journal

Scientific American

Abbr.

Sci Am

ISSN

0036-8733

DOI

10.1038/scientificamerican0288-82

Published

1988-02-00

Pages

82-9

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0404400

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0288-82 View journal details

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