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Article: University of Alabama reports research in depression animal studies.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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New investigation results, 'Vesicular glutamate transporter mRNA expression in the medial temporal lobe in major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia,' are detailed in a study published in Bipolar Disorders. "Altered glutamate transmission has been found in the medial temporal lobe in severe psychiatric illnesses, including major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD). The vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUTs) have a pivotal role in presynaptic release of glutamate into the synaptic cleft," investigators in the United States report (see also Depression Animal Studies).
"We investigated this presynaptic marker in major ...