Increased expression of phosphate-activated glutaminase in hippocampal neurons in human mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-152

  Eid, Tore ^a   Hammer, Janniche ^b,c   Rundén Pran, Elise ^b   Roberg, Bjørg ^b   Thomas, Marion J ^b   Osen, Kirsten ^b   Davanger, Svend ^b   Laake, Petter ^b   Torgner, Ingeborg A ^b   Lee, Tih Shih W ^a   Kim, Jung H ^a   Spencer, Dennis D ^a   Ottersen, Ole Petter ^b   de Lanerolle, Nihal C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Glutamine; Hippocampal sclerosis; Mitochondrion; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINASE; PHOSPHATE ACTIVATED GLUTAMINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMINASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33846557979     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-006-0158-5     Document Type: Article

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