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    L-Glutamate-Induced Swelling of Cultured Astrocytes

    Neurotransmission is influenced by various astrocytic functions. One of the more important astrocytic functions is control of the ion composition in extracellular fluid. Changes in astrocytic volume are respon...

    Yutaka Koyama, Tadashi Ishibashi, Akemichi Baba in Taurine (1992)

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    Neurochemical Characterization of Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors in Hippocampus

    Glutamate and aspartate may be excitatory neurotransmitters within central nervous system (CNS) (6,9). The recent development of specific antagonists has revealed at least three pharmacologically distinct clas...

    Akemichi Baba, Yutaka Koyama, Hiroshi Morimoto, Heitaroh Iwata in The Biology of Taurine (1987)