Expression of the glial glutamate transporter EAAT2 in the human CNS: An immunohistochemical study

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-31

  Milton, Ian D ^a   Banner, Steven J ^b   Ince, Paul G ^c   Piggott, Nigel H ^a   Fray, Anne E ^b,c   Thatcher, Nicola ^c   Horne, C H Wilson ^b   Shaw, Pamela J ^b  

^a Novocastra Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EAAT2; GLT 1; Human glutamate transporter; Motor neurone disease; Motor system

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTONEURON; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASAL GANGLIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROGLIA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030830930     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00233-7     Document Type: Article

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