Segregated expression of AMPA-type glutamate receptors and glutamate transporters defines distinct astrocyte populations in the mouse hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1750-1758

  Matthias, Katja ^a   Kirchhoff, Frank ^b   Seifert, Gerald ^a   Hüttmann, Kerstin ^a   Matyash, Marina ^c   Kettenmann, Helmut ^c   Steinhäuser, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMPA receptors; Astrocytes; Astron; GFAP promoter controlled EGFP expression; Glial cells; Glutamate transporters; Hippocampus; NG2; Patch clamp; S100b; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN AN2; PROTEIN NG2; PROTEIN S100B; PROTEOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACROGLIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0037335461     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-05-01750.2003     Document Type: Article

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