Decreased glutamate transporter (GLT-1) expression in frontal cortex of rats with acute liver failure

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-203

  Knecht, K ^a   Michalak, A ^a   Rose, C ^a   Rothstein, J D ^b   Butterworth, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Gene expression; GLT 1; Hepatic encephalopathy; Neuron astrocyte trafficking; RT PCR; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER ISCHEMIA; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; NEURONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030789808     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00444-8     Document Type: Article

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