Neuronal and glial localization of GAT-1, a high-affinity γ- aminobutyric acid plasma membrane transporter, in human cerebral cortex: With a note on its distribution in monkey cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-63

  Conti, Fiorenzo ^a   Melone, Marcello ^a   De Biasi, Silvia ^b   Minelli, Andrea ^a   Brecha, Nicholas C ^c,d,e   Ducati, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Epilepsy; Neurons; Synapses

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032557811     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980622)396:1<51::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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