Astrocyte glutamate transporters regulate metabotropic glutamate receptor-mediated excitation of hippocampal interneurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4551-4559

  Huang, Yanhua H ^a   Sinha, Saurabh R ^a   Tanaka, Kohichi ^a   Rothstein, Jeffrey D ^b   Bergles, Dwight E ^a  

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

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EAAC1; EAAT1; EAAT2; EAAT3; GLAST; GLT 1; Glutamate transporter; Hippocampus; Interneuron; mGluR

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROKAINIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE ASPARTATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STIMULATION; SYNAPSE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGENTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMATE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SYMPORTERS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 2442699087     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5217-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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