Excitatory amino acid transporter 1 and 2 immunoreactivity in the spinal cord in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-144

  Sasaki, Shoichi ^a   Komori, Takashi ^b   Iwata, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Astroglial glutamate transporter; Excitatory amino acid; Motor neuron disease; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEURITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033938202     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004019900159     Document Type: Article

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