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Abstract
The vasoactive properties of inhibitory (gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), glycine) and excitatory (glutamate, aspartate) amino acid neurotransmitters were studied in isolated rat cerebral parenchymal arterioles. None of these neurotransmitters had a significant effect on vessel diameter at concentrations between 10(-9) and 10(-3) M, except for 10(-3) M glycine. These amino acid neurotransmitters are unlikely to play a role in regulation or pathophysiology of the cerebral microcirculation by directly changing vascular diameter.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2565145 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(89)91207-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252