The expression of the glial glutamate transporter protein EAAT2 in motor neuron disease: An immunohistochemical study

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2481-2489

  Fray, Anne E ^a   Ince, Paul G ^a,b   Banner, Steven J ^a,c   Milton, Ian D ^a,c   Usher, Philip A ^a   Cookson, Mark R ^a   Shaw, Pamela J ^a,d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Novocastra Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EAAT2; Glutamate transporter; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DENSITOMETRY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROGLIA; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031879593     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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