Knockout of glutamate transporters reveals a major role for astroglial transport in excitotoxicity and clearance of glutamate

Neuron

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 675-686

  Rothstein, Jeffrey D ^a   Dykes Hoberg, Margaret ^a   Pardo, Carlos A ^b   Bristol, Lynn A ^a   Jin, Lin ^a   Kuncl, Ralph W ^a   Kanai, Yoshikatsu ^c   Hediger, Matthias A ^d   Wang, Yanfeng ^e   Schielke, Jerry P ^e   Welty, Devin F ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MACROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RAT;

EID: 13344286293     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80086-0     Document Type: Article

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