Evidence for glutamate as a neuroglial transmitter within sensory ganglia.

This study examines key elements of glutamatergic transmission within sensory ganglia of the rat. We show that the soma of primary sensory neurons release glutamate when depolarized. Using acute dissociated mixed neuronal/glia cultures of dorsal root ganglia (DRG) or trigeminal ganglia and a colorim...

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Main Authors: Ling-Hsuan Kung, Kerui Gong, Mary Adedoyin, Johnson Ng, Aditi Bhargava, Peter T Ohara, Luc Jasmin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3699553?pdf=render