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Pre- And Postsynaptic Effects of Taurine and Gaba in the Cockroach Central Nervous System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

B. Hue ,
M. Pelhate  and
J. Chanelet
B. Hue
Affiliation:
le Département de Physiologie, Faculté Mixte de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Centre Universitaire d'Angers, France
M. Pelhate
Affiliation:
le Département de Physiologie, Faculté Mixte de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Centre Universitaire d'Angers, France
J. Chanelet
Affiliation:
le Département de Physiologie, Faculté Mixte de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Centre Universitaire d'Angers, France
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Taurine resembles G ABA in its synaptic effects in the cockroach cereal nerve giantfiber synapse where it exerts a depressant action upon synaptic transmission. Both taurine and G A B A produce an increased conductance of pre- and postsynaptic membranes through changes in the permeability of chloride ions.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , May 1979 , pp. 243 - 250
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1979

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