Neuron-specific expression of cationic amino acid transporter 3 in the adult rat brain

Brain Research

Volumn 838, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 158-165

  Hosokawa, Hiroshi ^a   Ninomiya, Haruaki ^b   Sawamura, Tatsuya ^a   Sugimoto, Yukihiko ^c   Ichikawa, Atsushi ^c   Fujiwara, Keigi ^a   Masaki, Tomoh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginine; Brain; Cationic amino acid transporter; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Rat

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, BASIC; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033554177     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01686-8     Document Type: Article

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