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The potassium-stimulated release of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) from synaptosomes was determined in preparations from control rats and from rats treated with a convulsant agent [isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INH)] and an anticonvulsant agent (gabaculine). INH treatment brought about a significant decrease in Ca2+-dependent release of GABA with no effect on Ca2+-independent release, whereas gabaculine caused an increase in Ca2+-independent release with no effect on Ca2+-dependent release of GABA. Thus, the anticonvulsant action of gabaculine was not a simple reversal of the effects of INH on GABA release. The results indicate that there are at least two pools of GABA in nerve endings and support the hypothesis that exogenous GABA is taken up first into a pool that supplies GABA for Ca2+-independent release and then is transferred to a second pool (Ca2+-dependent releasable), where it mixes with newly synthesized GABA.
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