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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
Amino acids were measured in autopsied brain from two patients who died with a dominantly inherited form of olivopontocerebellar atrophy. Neuropathologic changes found in the brain of these patients suggested a loss of cerebellar climbing fibers. The contents of aspartic acid, gamma-aminobutyric acid, and homocarnosine were reduced in the cerebellar cortex and the dentate nucleus, while taurine content was markedly elevated in the same brain regions. These findings are compatible with the possibility that aspartic acid is the excitatory synaptic transmitter of the climbing fibers and taurine is the inhibitory neurotransmitter of one or more types of interneurons in the cerebellum.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0028-3878
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
257-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Aspartate-taurine imbalance in dominantly inherited olivopontocerebellar atrophy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports