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Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry · 2019

A 24-year-old patient has been administered glutamic acid to treat epilepsy. Medicinal effect in this case occurs not due to glutamate itself, but due to the product of its decarboxylation:

Answer options

  1. Histamine 4-monooxygenase
  2. Taurine
  3. Dopamine
  4. γ-aminobutyric acid
  5. Serotonin
Correct answer

γ-aminobutyric acid

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