Highly differential expression of SN1, a bidirectional glutamine transporter, in astroglia and endothelium in the developing rat brain

GLIA

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 260-275

  Boulland, Jean Luc ^a   Rafiki, Amina ^a   Levy, Line M ^a   Storm Mathisen, Jon ^a   Chaudhry, Farrukh A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Glutamate; Glutamine; SN1; Synaptogenesis; Transporter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN SN1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GLIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MACROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0037325253     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.10188     Document Type: Article

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