Selective down-regulation of the astrocyte glutamate transporters GLT-1 and GLAST within the medial thalamus in experimental Wernicke's encephalopathy

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 560-568

  Hazell, Alan S ^a   Rama Rao, K V ^a   Danbolt, Niels C ^b   Pow, David V ^c   Butterworth, Roger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Excitotoxicity; Glutamate transporter; Pyrithiamine; Thalamus; Thiamine deficiency

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALPHA INTERNEXIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN GAT3; PROTEIN GLAST; PROTEIN GLT1; PYRITHIAMINE; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BINDING SITE; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RIGHTING REFLEX; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; ASTROCYTES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PYRITHIAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS; THALAMUS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034899729     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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