Pharmacological Manipulation of Glutamate Transport

Drug News and Perspectives

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 435-445

  Beretta, Simone ^a   Begni, Barbara ^a   Ferrarese, Carlo ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 PHOSPHONOPROPIONIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CYTOKINE; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; GROWTH FACTOR; HALOTHANE; HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; ISOFLURANE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; OXIDIZING AGENT; PHENCYCLIDINE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SOMATOMEDIN C; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; GLUTAMIC ACID;

EID: 0344442325     PISSN: 02140934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dnp.2003.16.7.829355     Document Type: Review

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