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“Histamine has generally excitatory effects on target neurons, but paradoxically, histamine neurons may also release the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA.”
“Interestingly, simultaneous application of histamine and GABA activated both PxHCLA and PxHCLB more strongly than either neurotransmitter individually; histamine and GABA may have synergistic effects on PxHCLs in the regions where they co-localize.”
“In U373 MG cells, a line derived from a human astrocytoma, histamine stimulated the release of [3H]gamma-aminobutyric acid ([3H]GABA) in a concentration-dependent manner (286 +/- 23% of basal release at 1 mM histamine).”
“Taken together, these results indicate that histamine stimulates [3H]GABA release by increasing [Ca2+]i.”
European journal of pharmacology • 1996 | View Paper
“ Histamine regulates release of neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), glutamate and also is involved in several functions in central nervous system (CNS).”
European journal of pharmacology • 2015 | View Paper
“ Histamine inhibited the evoked release of GABA , both through a direct action on presynaptic H3 receptors (presumably located on GABAergic terminals), and through a novel, indirect pathway that involved the increased release of glycine by activation of postsynaptic H1/H2 receptors (presumably on glycinergic neurons).”
“7 In conclusion, histamine inhibits spontaneous GABA release from presynaptic nerve terminals projecting to VMH neurones by inhibiting presynaptic P/Q‐type Ca2+ channels via a G‐protein coupled to H3 receptors and this may modulate the excitability of VMH neurones.”