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The central nervous action of the alkaloid bicuculline provides pharmacological evidence that GABA is likely to be a transmitter at certain inhibitory synapses.
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CURTIS, D., DUGGAN, A., FELIX, D. et al. GABA, Bicuculline and Central Inhibition. Nature 226, 1222–1224 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2261222a0
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