Increased expression of the astrocytic glutamate transporter GLT-1 in the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenics

GLIA

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 451-455

  Matute, Carlos ^b   Melone, Marcello ^a   Vallejo Illarramendi, Ainara ^b   Conti, Fiorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Glutamate uptake; Schizophrenia; Synaptic transmission; Transporter regulation

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENCYCLIDINE; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRANSPORT KINETICS; XENOPUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; XENOPUS;

EID: 13544263608     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20119     Document Type: Article

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