Abstract
RECENTLY, Kuriaki1 succeeded in synthesizing γ-aminobutyryl-choline and obtained some evidence of its presence in the brain. In the present study we have observed its effects on the electrical activity of the cerebral cortex.
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Kuriaki, K., et al., Nature, 181, 1336 (1958).
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Purpura, D. P., Girado, M., and Grundfest, H., Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. and Med., 95, 791 (1957).
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TAKAHASHI, H., NAGASHIMA, A. & KOSHINO, C. Effect of γ-Aminobutyryl-Choline upon the Electrical Activity of the Cerebral Cortex. Nature 182, 1443–1444 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821443a0
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