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The possible role of L-glutamic acid (GLU) as a neurotransmitter of the entorhinal pathway (Nadler et al. 1976, Storm-Mathisen 1977), and of the commissural fibers (Storm-Mathisen 1977), and of the mossy fibers (Crawford and Connor 1973) is widely discussed. The regional distribution of a transmitter candidate can enlighten the role of the substance in question, as for example demonstrated in the case of GABA (Okada et al. 1971, Okada and Shimada 1975). Therefore we developed a highly sensitive GLU assay method which enabled us to measure the GLU content of individual layers of the three subfields of the hippocampus: regio superior, regio inferior and dentate gyrus.
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Nitsch, C., Okada, Y. (1978). Glutamate Concentration in Individual Layers of the Rabbit Hippocampus. 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_12
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