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Inactivation of the glycine transporter 1 gene discloses vital role of glial glycine uptake in glycinergic inhibition.
Neuron - 13 Nov 2003
Gomeza Jesús, Hülsmann Swen, Ohno Koji, Eulenburg Volker, Szöke Katalin, Richter Diethelm, Betz Heinrich
Abstract excerpt
The glycine transporter subtype 1 (GlyT1) is widely expressed in astroglial cells throughout the mammalian central nervous system and has been implicated in the regulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activity. Newborn mice deficient in GlyT1 are anatomically normal but show severe motor and respiratory deficits and die during the first postnatal day. In brainstem slices from GlyT1-deficient mice, in...
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