The number of glutamate transport subtype molecules at glutamatergic synapses: Chemical and stereological quantification in young adult rat brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 8751-8757

  Lehre, Knut P ^a   Danbolt, Niels C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Astroglia; Cerebellum; Glutamate uptake; Hippocampus; Neurotransmitter transport; Protein purification

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; ABC TRANSPORTER; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MACROGLIA; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; SYNAPSE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBELLUM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032194950     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-21-08751.1998     Document Type: Article

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