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Re: GABA receptors external to brain? » sabre

Posted by Larry Hoover on January 23, 2005, at 9:06:33

In reply to GABA receptors external to brain?, posted by sabre on January 22, 2005, at 1:21:21

> Hi
> I have read that 90% of serotonin receptors can be found in the gut. Are there any GABA receptors
> outside of the brain?
>
> sabre

Yes, there certainly are. We don't have anything like a full understanding of them, though. Little bits and pieces of understanding. There are both types (GABA-A and -B) in the periphery. They are involved in modulation of pain sensations, for one example. They also have an intimate regulatory role in acid secretion and release of the proteolytic enzyme pepsin in the stomach.

Do you have a specific idea behind your question?

Lar

 

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