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  • adjective Describing any cell, especially any neuron, that outputs GABA

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Examples

  • These so-called GABAergic cells use gamma-aminobutyric acid

    Daily News & Analysis 2009

  • These so-called GABAergic cells use gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a neurotransmitter of the central nervous system.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • These so-called GABAergic cells use gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a neurotransmitter of the central nervous system.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • These so-called GABAergic cells use gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA),

    unknown title 2009

  • These so-called GABAergic cells use gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a neurotransmitter of the central nervous system.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • Title: Mice with behavioral evidence of tinnitus exhibit dorsal cochlear nucleus hyperactivity because of decreased GABAergic inhibition

    Finding the Pathways to a Cause of Tinnitus Ann Lukits 2011

  • Perducz, A, et al. Estradiol induces plasticity of GABAergic synapses in the hypothalamus.

    T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010

  • Thujone works on the GABA receptors in mammals: "Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) ... the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system .... disrupted GABAergic signaling has been implicated in numerous and varied neurological and psychiatric pathologies including movement and anxiety disorders, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and addiction."

    Archive 2008-07-01 Heather McDougal 2008

  • Thujone works on the GABA receptors in mammals: "Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) ... the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system .... disrupted GABAergic signaling has been implicated in numerous and varied neurological and psychiatric pathologies including movement and anxiety disorders, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and addiction."

    The Rise and Fall of the Green Fairy Heather McDougal 2008

  • Such tools would demonstrate more judgment than, say, a Google search for hypothalamic GABAergic neurons.

    Karthika Muthukumaraswamy: Science Goes Social 2010

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