Dynamic equilibrium of neurotransmitter transporters: Not just for reuptake anymore

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1363-1374

  Richerson, George B ^a   Wu, Yuanming ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DEPOLARIZATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITABILITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT MODULATORS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0141676728     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00317.2003     Document Type: Review

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