The glial glutamate transporter in hyperammonemia and hepatic encephalopathy: Relation to energy metabolism and glutamatergic neurotransmission

GLIA

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 124-133

  Norenberg, Michael D ^a   Huo, Zhifeng ^b   Neary, Joseph T ^b   Roig Cantesano, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ammonia; Ammonia neurotoxicity; Astrocytes; Cell swelling; Energy metabolism; Glial neuronal interactions; GLT 1 glutamate transporter; Glutamate uptake

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; THIOACETAMIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THIOACETAMIDE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031238547     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199709)21:1<124::AID-GLIA14>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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