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Localization of Transmitter Amino Acids: Application to Hippocampus and Septum

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Amino Acids as Chemical Transmitters

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The hippocampal formation may be conceived of as a part of the cerebral cortex that is particularly suited for localization studies, owing to its laminar organization. The main cell bodies, pyramidal and granular cells, are located in discrete layers parallel to the surface of the brain, and the different systems of nerve endings are distributed in bands parallel to these layers. Ten years ago we turned to this structure in order to obtain samples enriched in inhibitory, as opposed to excitatory nerve endings, because at that time Andersen and his associates had developed the concept that the pyramidal and granular cells are inhibited by axo-somatic synapses from basket cells (Andersen et al., 1964), excitatory nerve endings being localized on the dentrites (Andersen et al., 1966).

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Storm-Mathisen, J. (1978). Localization of Transmitter Amino Acids: Application to Hippocampus and Septum. In: Fonnum, F. (eds) Amino Acids as Chemical Transmitters. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 16. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4030-0_11

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