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Glial glycine transporter 1 function is essential for early postnatal survival but dispensable in adult mice.
Glia - 1 Jul 2010
Eulenburg Volker, Retiounskaia Marina, Papadopoulos Theofilos, Gomeza Jesús, Betz Heinrich
Abstract excerpt
The glycine transporter 1 (GlyT1) is expressed in astrocytes and selected neurons of the mammalian CNS. In newborn mice, GlyT1 is crucial for efficient termination of glycine-mediated inhibitory neurotransmission. Furthermore, GlyT1 has been implicated in the regulation of excitatory N-methyl-D-asparate (NMDA) receptors. To evaluate whether glial and neuronal GlyT1 have distinct roles at inhibitory synapses, we...
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