The role of glutamate transporters in glutamate homeostasis in the brain

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 401-409

  Takahashi, Michiko ^a   Billups, Brian ^a   Rossi, David ^a   Sarantis, Monique ^a   Hamann, Martine ^a   Attwell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anion conductance; cloning; epilepsy; glial cell; glutamate transporter; hypoxia; ischaemia; neurone; pH; postsynaptic uptake; stoichiometry; synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; NERVE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EPILEPSY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPILEPSY; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POTASSIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030961618     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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