Discrete cellular and subcellular localization of glutamine synthetase and the glutamate transporter glast in the rat vestibular end organ

Neuroscience

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1137-1144

  Takumi, Y ^a   Matsubara, A ^a,b   Danbolt, N C ^b   Laake, J H ^b   Storm Mathisen, J ^b   Usami, S ^a   Shinkawa, H ^a   Ottersen, O P ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Glutamate; Glutamine; Immunocytochemistry; Immunogold; Vestibular end organ

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENDRITE; GLIA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNAPSE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HAIR CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0030797406     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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