Transgenic SOD1 G93A mice develop reduced GLT-1 in spinal cord without alterations in cerebrospinal fluid glutamate levels

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 737-746

  Bendotti, Caterina ^a,b   Tortarolo, Massimo ^a   Suchak, Sachin K ^c   Calvaresi, Novella ^a   Carvelli, Lucia ^a   Bastone, Antonio ^b   Rizzi, Massimo ^a   Rattray, Marcus ^c   Mennini, Tiziana ^b  

^a Departments of Neuroscience   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Motor neurones; Superoxide dismutase 1

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0035189072     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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