Role of aralar, the mitochondrial transporter of aspartate-glutamate, in brain N-acetylaspartate formation and Ca2+ signaling in neuronal mitochondria

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 85, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3359-3366

  Satrústegui, Jorgina ^a,d   Contreras, Laura ^a   Ramos, Milagros ^a   Marmol, Patricia ^a   Del Arco, Araceli ^b   Saheki, Takeyori ^c   Pardo, Beatriz ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b University of Castilla La Mancha   (Spain)

^c TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aralar; Aspartate glutamate carrier; Calcium; Mitochondria; N acetylaspartate

Indexed keywords

ARALAR; ASPARTIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONFERENCE PAPER; LIPOGENESIS; MITOCHONDRION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CALCIUM; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NEURONS;

EID: 35848969787     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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