The mammalian brain high-affinity L-proline transporter is enriched preferentially in synaptic vesicles in a subpopulation of excitatory nerve terminals in rat forebrain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-33

  Renick, Stephani E ^a   Kleven, Dan T ^a   Chan, June ^b   Stenius, Katinka ^c   Milner, Teresa A ^b   Pickel, Virginia M ^b   Fremeau Jr , Robert T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Excitatory amino acids; Excitatory neurotransmission; L proline; Neurotransmitter transporter; Presynaptic nerve terminal; Synapse

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXOCYTOSIS; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0032906584     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-01-00021.1999     Document Type: Article

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