The betaine/GABA transporter and betaine: roles in brain, kidney, and liver.

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Published in Front Physiol on April 24, 2014

Authors

Stephen A Kempson1, Yun Zhou2, Niels C Danbolt2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN, USA.
2: Department of Anatomy, Centre of Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway.

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