Evidence from gene knockout studies implicates Asc-1 as the primary transporter mediating D-serine reuptake in the mouse CNS

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1757-1766

  Rutter, A Richard ^a,b   Fradley, Rosa L ^a   Garrett, Elizabeth M ^a   Chapman, Kerry L ^a   Lawrence, Jason M ^a   Rosahl, Thomas W ^a   Patel, Smita ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Glycine; NMDA receptor; Synaptosome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE SERINE CYSTEINE TRANSPORTER 1; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; IC 50; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM Y+; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SERINE; SODIUM; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 34047261852     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05446.x     Document Type: Article

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