High-affinity glutamate transporters in the rat retina: A major role of the glial glutamate transporter GLAST-1 in transmitter clearance

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-31

  Rauen, Thomas ^a   Taylor, W Rowland ^a   Kuhlbrodt, Kirsten ^a   Wiessner, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Glutamate transporter, subtypes; Glutamate uptake; Glutamine synthetase; Muller cells; Rat (Wistar, Brown Norway)

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031939889     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050976     Document Type: Article

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