See Also: gamma aminobutyric acid(medicine)
gamma aminobutyric acid receptor(medicine)
aminobutyric acids(medicine)
d-aminobutyric acid(medicine)
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gamma aminobutyric acid (medicine)


gamma aminobutyric acid
<biochemistry> An important amino acid which functions as the most prevalent inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system.

Gamma aminobutyric acid works in partnership with a derivative of Vitamin B-6, pyridoxine, to cross from the axons to the dendrites through the synaptic cleft, in response to an electrical signal in the neuron and inhibits message transmission. This helps control the nerve cells from firing too fast, which would overload the system.

The action of gamma aminobutyric acid decreases epileptic seizures and muscle spasms by inhibiting electrical signals in this manner. Studies have shown that the site of action in the brain of benzodiazepams, including Valium, is directly coupled to the brain receptor for gamma aminobutyric acid.

Acronym: GABA


permit (iou)



permit verb. Infl. -tt-. LME.
[Latin permittere surrender, allow, formed as PER-1 + mittere let go.]
I. verb trans.
Commit, submit, resign, hand over, (a person or thing) to another person, force, influence, etc. LME-E19.
Allow the doing or occurrence of; give permission or opportunity for. L15.
R. Lynd The condition on which I should permit the Exercise of their Art. D. Murphy Even in our Spartan household bronchitic patients were permitted a fire in their bedroom.
Allow or give consent to (a person or thing) to do or experience something. Usu. foll. by to do. L15.
J. London If he will..permit you to accept a wedding present from me. J. Heller He was under house arrest for months before he was permitted to leave.
b. refl. Allow (oneself) to indulge in an activity, a condition or state, etc. L17.
Let pass, pass by, pass over, omit. M16-L17.
II.
verb intrans. Give an opportunity; allow something. M16.
weather permitting: see WEATHER noun.
b. Foll. by of: allow for, admit of. M19.
B. Bettelheim The concentration camp permits of no really successful defence.
permittable adjective = PERMISSIBLE L16-M18.
permittance noun (a) = PERMISSION 1; (b) Physics = CAPACITANCE: L16-E20.
permi'ttee noun a person to whom something is (formally) permitted; the recipient or holder of a permit: M19.
per'mitter noun M17.