Aspartate and not glutamate is the likely transmitter of the rat lateral olfactory tract fibres.
The protoveratrine A-evoked release of endogenous amino acid neurotransmitter candidates from olfactory cortex slices taken from control and bulbectomized rats has been monitored. Bulbectomy is accompanied by a statistically significant and specific attenuation of drug-evoked aspartate release suggesting that the excitatory transmitter of the lateral olfactory tract fibres is aspartate rather than glutamate.
D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000502:physiology*; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005971:Glutamates / Q000502:physiology*; D009410:Nerve Degeneration; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000502:physiology; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission; D013654:Taurine / Q000502:physiology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000502:physiology
D005971:Glutamates; D013654:Taurine; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid