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ReviewBrain and neuroscience advances

A half century of γ-aminobutyric acid.

Trevor G Smart, F Anne Stephenson

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Review in Brain and neuroscience advances. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Molecular assemblies and pharmacology of cerebellar GABAProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  12. State-dependent energetics of GABABiophysical journal · 2024
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  15. GABAFrontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024
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  19. Molecular Changes in the Brain of the WinteringInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Trevor G SmartDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK.
F Anne StephensonUCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, UK.
University College London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/T002581/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

γ-aminobutyric acid has become one of the most widely known neurotransmitter molecules in the brain over the last 50 years, recognised for its pivotal role in inhibiting neural excitability. It emerged from studies of crustacean muscle and neurons before its significance to the mammalian nervous system was appreciated. Now, after five decades of investigation, we know that most neurons are γ-aminobutyric-acid-sensitive, it is a cornerstone of neural physiology and dysfunction to γ-aminobutyric acid signalling is increasingly documented in a range of neurological diseases. In this review, we briefly chart the neurodevelopment of γ-aminobutyric acid and its two major receptor subtypes: the γ-aminobutyric acid

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GABAGABAA receptorGABAB receptorinhibition

Identifiers

PMID32166183
PMCPMC7058221
OpenAlexW2991355171

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