An Evaluation of Erythrocytes as Plasma Glutamate Scavengers for Enhanced Brain-to-Blood Glutamate Efflux

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 755-760

  Wang, Yin ^a   Gottlieb, Miroslav ^b   Teichberg, Vivian I ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Brain to blood glutamate efflux; Erythrocytes; Glutamate scavenging; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; HETASTARCH; SCAVENGER;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; HEMODILUTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUTAMIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 1842507879     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NERE.0000018847.98742.60     Document Type: Article

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