Book Review: GABA and Glutamate in the Human Brain

@article{Petroff2002BookRG,
  title={Book Review: GABA and Glutamate in the Human Brain},
  author={Ognen A. C. Petroff},
  journal={The Neuroscientist},
  year={2002},
  volume={8},
  pages={562 - 573}
}
  • O. Petroff
  • Published 1 December 2002
  • Biology
  • The Neuroscientist
Cortical excitability reflects a balance between excitation and inhibition. Glutamate is the main excitatory and GABA the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian cortex. Changes in glutamate and GABA metabolism may play important roles in the control of cortical excitability. Glutamate is the metabolic precursor of GABA, which can be recycled through the tricarboxylic acid cycle to synthesize glutamate. GABA synthesis is unique among neurotransmitters, having two separate isoforms of… 
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