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Widespread brain distribution of the Drosophila metabotropic glutamate receptor.
Neuroreport - 12 Feb 2008
Devaud Jean-Marc, Clouet-Redt Christelle, Bockaert Joël, Grau Yves, Parmentier Marie-Laure
Abstract excerpt
Glutamate is the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate brain, whereas acetylcholine has been considered to play the same role in insects. Recent studies have, however, questioned the latter view by showing a rather general distribution of glutamate transporters. Here, we describe the expression pattern of the receptor DmGlu-A (DmGluRA), the unique homolog of vertebrate metabotropic glutamate...
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