Vesicular glutamate release is necessary for neural tube formation
Raman Goyal, Patricio A. Castro, Jacqueline B. Levin, Sangwoo Shim, Olga A. Balashova, Alexios A. Panoutsopoulos, N. Fuentes, Grace Or Mizuno, Lin Tian, Laura N. Borodinsky
This study shows that vesicular glutamate release via VGluT1 is essential for neural tube formation in Xenopus laevis embryos, as its disruption leads to neural tube defects.
Journal of Neuroscience · Feb 18, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience