Glycine as a Neurotransmitter

H Betz; Robert J Harvey

doi:10.1038/npg.els.0000140

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Glycine as a Neurotransmitter

H Betz and Robert J Harvey

Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences

John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/npg.els.0000140

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Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

amino acid transmitter

glycine transport

glycine receptor

strychnine antagonism

inherited motor disorder

Glycine serves as a major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the adult vertebrate central nervous system and is implicated in the control of many motor and sensory pathways. In addition, this amino acid functions as an excitatory transmitter during embryonic development and is an essential coagonist at glutamatergic synapses containing the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) subtype of glutamate receptors

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Title: Glycine as a Neurotransmitter
Authors: H Betz (Author)
Robert J Harvey (Author)
Publication details: Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Date published: 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0000140
ISBN: 9780470015902
Organisation Unit: School of Health; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; Centre for Bioinnovation; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451142502621
Output Type: Book chapter

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