Concept information
Preferred term
GABA Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- GABA Plasma Membrane Transporter Proteins
- GABA-Specific Neurotransmitter Transporters
- GABA Transporter
- GABA Transporters
- Gamma Aminobutyric Acid Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
- Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
- Neurotransmitter Transporters, GABA Specific
- Neurotransmitter Transporters, GABA-Specific
- Neurotransmitter Transport Proteins, GABA Specific
- Neurotransmitter Transport Proteins, GABA-Specific
- Transporter, GABA
- Transporters, GABA
- Transporters, GABA-Specific Neurotransmitter
Scope note
- A family of plasma membrane neurotransmitter transporter proteins that regulates extracellular levels of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID. They differ from GABA RECEPTORS, which signal cellular responses to GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID. They control GABA reuptake into PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM through high-affinity sodium-dependent transport.
History note
- 2006(1979)
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URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050485
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