The Claim
In human cortical slices, activation of sodium channels with veratridine increases extracellular glutamate concentration, while blockade of sodium channels with tetrodotoxin decreases extracellular glutamate concentration, demonstrating that neuronal depolarization drives glutamate release in the human neocortex.
What the research says
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In human brain tissue samples, opening sodium channels increases glutamate outside neurons, and closing sodium channels decreases glutamate outside neurons, showing that electrical activation of neurons directly causes glutamate release.
See the scientific wording
In human cortical slices, sodium channel activation with veratridine increases extracellular glutamate, while blockade with tetrodotoxin decreases it, confirming that neuronal depolarization drives glutamate release in human neocortex.
When brain cells fire, sodium rushes into them, causing them to release glutamate into the space between cells. When sodium entry is blocked, glutamate release stops. The amount of glutamate outside the cells changes directly with how much the cells fire.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Transmitter self-regulation by extracellular glutamate in fresh human cortical slices
When scientists made brain cells fire more using a chemical, more glutamate was released; when they stopped the cells from firing, less glutamate came out. This proves that brain cells control how much glutamate they release when they become active.
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