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Dihydrokainic acid is an organic compound that contains two carboxylic acid functional groups, making it a dicarboxylic acid. It is an inhibitor of the GLT-1 glutamate transporter.[1]

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  1. ^ Kawahara, K; Hosoya, R; Sato, H; Tanaka, M; Nakajima, T; Iwabuchi, S (2002). "Selective blockade of astrocytic glutamate transporter GLT-1 with dihydrokainate prevents neuronal death during ouabain treatment of astrocyte/neuron cocultures". Glia. 40 (3): 337–49. doi:10.1002/glia.10133. hdl:2115/5937. PMID 12420313. S2CID 14246291.


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