title: Good housekeeping.
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, Tani et al. (2014) revisit a disputed issue where biochemical and physiological data have provided conflicting results. Using a novel stimulation protocol, the authors isolate the contribution of the glutamate-glutamine cycle to excitatory synaptic transmission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Overstreet-Wadiche
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. Electronic address: jwadiche@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Jacques I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Wadiche
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005971:Glutamates / Q000378:metabolism*; D005973:Glutamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005971:Glutamates; D005973:Glutamine