Glutamate transporter GLAST is expressed in the radial glia-astrocyte lineage of developing mouse spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 9212-9219

  Shibata, Takashi ^a   Yamada, Keiko ^a   Watanabe, Masahiko ^a   Ikenaka, Kazuhiro ^b   Wada, Keiji ^c   Tanaka, Kohichi ^c   Inoue, Yoshiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Development; GLAST; Glutamate transporter; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Mouse; Radial gila; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030724776     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-23-09212.1997     Document Type: Article

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