γ-Aminobutyric acid (d; or GABA ə) is the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system. It plays the principal role in reducing neuronal excitability throughout the nervous system. In humans, GABA is also directly responsible for the regulation of muscle tone. Although in chemical terms it is an amino acid, GABA is r...
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(from the article `nervous system`) ...acids act as either excitatory or inhibitory transmitters. The excitatory amino acids include glutamic acid (or glutamate) and aspartic acid (or ... ...spines of spiny striatal neurons, and all output is via axons of the same neurons. Chemically, spiny striatal neurons are heterogeneous; that is, ....
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<biochemistry> An important amino acid which functions as the most prevalent inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. ... Gamma aminobutyric acid works in partnership with a derivative of Vitamin B-6, pyridoxine, to cross from the axons to the dendrites through the synaptic cleft, in response to an electrical signal in the n...
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(gam´ә-ә-me″no-bu-tir´ik) γ-aminobutyric acid.
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n] - an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system
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Amino acid which acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system
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