Glutamine synthetase enhances the clearance of extracellular glutamate by the neural retina

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 574-580

  Shaked, Iftach ^a,b   Ben Dror, Iris ^a   Vardimon, Lily ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Glutamate uptake; Glutamine synthetase; M ller glia; Neural retina; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE INTERACTION; GLIA CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; SYNAPSE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RETINA; SODIUM;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0036830073     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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