Astroglia contain a specific transport mechanism for N-acetyl-L- aspartate

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 807-811

  Sager, Thomas Nikolaj ^a   Thomsen, Christian ^a   Valsborg, Jacob Stenmann ^a   Laursen, Henning ^b   Hansen, Anker Jon ^a  

^a NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; N Acetylaspartate; Neurons; Uptake

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID; N ACETYLGLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHLORIDES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FETUS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; NEURONS; OUABAIN; RATS; SODIUM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRITIUM; VIMENTIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032814458     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0730807.x     Document Type: Article

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