Glutamine uptake at the blood-brain barrier is mediated by N-system transport

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2565-2573

  Ennis, Steven R ^a   Kawai, Nobuyuki ^a   Ren, Xiao Dan ^a   Abdelkarim, Galaleldin E ^a   Keep, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Brain barrier; Glutamine; In situ perfusion; N system; Transport

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 NORBORNANECARBOXYLIC ACID; CARBON 14; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; LITHIUM ION; PENTOBARBITAL; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; PLASMA VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0031740964     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71062565.x     Document Type: Article

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