Cell-specific expression of the glutamine transporter SN1 suggests differences in dependence on the glutamine cycle

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1615-1631

  Boulland, Jean Luc ^a   Osen, Kirsten K ^a   Levy, Line M ^a   Danbolt, Niels Christian ^a   Edwards, Robert H ^b   Storm Mathisen, Jon ^a   Chaudhry, Farrukh A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astroglia; Blood brain barrier; CNS; Glutamate glutamine cycle; Glutamine; System N

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUELLER CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036459598     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01995.x     Document Type: Article

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