GABAergic transmission and chloride equilibrium potential are not modulated by pyruvate in the developing optic tectum of Xenopus laevis tadpoles.

In the developing mammalian brain, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is thought to play an excitatory rather than an inhibitory role due to high levels of intracellular Cl(-) in immature neurons. This idea, however, has been questioned by recent studies which suggest that glucose-based artificial cereb...

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Main Authors: Arseny S Khakhalin, Carlos D Aizenman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3319581?pdf=render