Glutamate uptake in blood platelets from epileptic patients

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 389-392

  Rainesalo, Sirpa ^a,b   Keränen, Tapani ^a,c   Peltola, Jukka ^b   Saransaari, Pirjo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood platelets; Glutamate uptake; Hippocampal sclerosis; Juvenile myoclonus epilepsy; Neurotransmitters; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CARBAMAZEPINE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BINDING AFFINITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THROMBOCYTE; UPREGULATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0038065542     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(03)00026-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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