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GABA uptake by human blood platelets: effects of lithium and rubidium chlorides
Revista Espanola De Fisiologia
|September 1, 1983
Abstract:
The methodologic and kinetic characteristics of GABA uptake by platelets were determined in blood platelets of volunteer donors. Extrapolation of a reciprocal plot indicate two uptake systems: a high affinity and a passive diffusion mechanism. When LiCl and RbCl were added in vitro, they had no effect on platelet GABA uptake. Our data suggest that platelet GABA and 5-HT uptake are carried out by different systems.