Activity-dependent endogenous taurine release facilitates excitatory neurotransmission in the neocortical marginal zone of neonatal rats

In the developing cerebral cortex, the marginal zone (MZ), consisting of early-generated neurons such as Cajal-Retzius cells, plays an important role in cell migration and lamination. There is accumulating evidence of widespread excitatory neurotransmission mediated by γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in...

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Main Authors: Taizhe eQian, Rongqing eChen, Masato eNakamura, Tomonori eFurukawa, Tatsuro eKumada, Tenpei eAkita, Werner eKilb, Heiko J Luhmann, Daiichiro eNakahara, Atsuo eFukuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2014.00033/full