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IT has been shown that glutamic acid and some related amino-acids in relatively low concentrations excite crustacean muscles1,2 and mammalian nerve cells3. In crustacean muscles it was suggested that the glutamate acts on the muscle at the neuromuscular junction, although the experimental method did not discriminate between an action at the neuromuscular junction and one on the muscle fibre directly. On the other hand, in mammalian nerve cells these substances were considered to be non-specific excitants3.
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TAKEUCHI, A., TAKEUCHI, N. Glutamate-induced Depolarization in Crustacean Muscle. Nature 198, 490–491 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198490a0
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