The glutamate transporter EAAT4 in rat cerebellar Purkinje cells: A glutamate-gated chloride channel concentrated near the synapse in parts of the dendritic membrane facing astroglia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3606-3619

  Dehnes, Yvette ^a   Chaudhry, Farrukh A ^a   Ullensvang, Kyrre ^a   Lehre, Knut P ^a   Storm Mathisen, Jon ^a   Danbolt, Niels C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antipeptide antibodies; Cerebellum; Glutamate uptake; Immunocytochemistry; Neurons; Neurotransmitter transport

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FOREBRAIN; MACROGLIA; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0032525096     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-10-03606.1998     Document Type: Article

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