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THERE is now much evidence to support the role of glycine as a mammalian spinal inhibitory transmitter. The distribution of glycine in the spinal cord of the cat has been related to the presence of inhibitory interneurones1; glycine hyperpolarizes spinal motoneurones2; and strychnine, an antagonist of spinal postsynaptic inhibition, blocks the effects of glycine on spinal motoneurones, interneurones and Renshaw cells3.
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CURTIS, D., HÖSLI, L. & JOHNSTON, G. Inhibition of Spinal Neurones by Glycine. Nature 215, 1502–1503 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151502a0
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