EAAC1, a high-affinity glutamate transporter, is localized to astrocytes and gabaergic neurons besides pyramidal cells in the rat cerebral cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 108-116

  Conti, Fiorenzo ^a   DeBiasi, Silvia ^b   Minelli, Andrea ^a   Rothstein, Jeffrey D ^c   Melone, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RABBIT; RAT; WHITE MATTER;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPORTERS;

EID: 0031918486     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/8.2.108     Document Type: Article

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