Localization of the glutamate-aspartate transporter, GLAST, in rat taste buds

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3163-3171

  Maxwell Lawton, D ^a   Furness, David N ^a   Lindemann, Bernd ^b   Hackney, Carole M ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glutamate transporters; Glutamine; Gustatory receptors; Vallate papilla

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNAPSE; TASTE BUD;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUTAMINE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 0033802656     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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