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SINCE the discovery by Roberts and Frankel1 of the unusually high content of γ-aminobutyric acid in brain, other mammalian tissues containing only minute amounts, a number of reports have appeared concerning the significance of this amino-acid to the physiological activity of the central nervous system2.
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RYBOVÁ, R. Effect of Cations on γ-Aminobutyric Acid Level in Slices of Brain Cortex. Nature 185, 542–543 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185542a0
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