γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Receptors
Shelley J Russek,
Shelley J Russek
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorShelley J Russek,
Shelley J Russek
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 15 September 2006
Abstract
γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the most widely distributed inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system of adult vertebrates. Virtually all neurons are sensitive to GABA through its actions on either the diverse set of ionotropic type A receptors (GABAARs), the putative heterodimeric metabotropic type B receptors (GABABRs) or the ionotropic retina-enriched type C receptors (GABACRs).
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