Glycine transporter 1 expression in the ventral respiratory group is restricted to protoplasmic astrocytes

Brain Research

Volumn 1119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 182-189

  Szoke, Katalin ^a   Härtel, Kai ^a   Graß, Dennis ^a   Hirrlinger, Petra G ^b   Hirrlinger, Johannes ^b,c   Hülsmann, Swen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

GFAP; GLAST; Medulla oblongata; Regulation of breathing

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLYCINE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; CELL LABELING; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCINE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RESPIRATORY CENTER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33750444256     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.08.089     Document Type: Article

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