Transport-mediated release of endogenous glutamate in the vertebrate retina

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 436, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 481-484

  Maguire, Greg ^a   Simko, Heather ^b,c   Weinreb, Robert N ^a   Ayoub, George ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTMONT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganglion cell; Glaucoma; Glutamate transport; Ischemia; Muller cell; Retina

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GLAUCOMA; MUELLER CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUOROMETRY; GLUTAMIC ACID; POTASSIUM; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0031850968     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050660     Document Type: Article

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