Vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUTs): The three musketeers of glutamatergic system

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-218

  Liguz Lecznar, Monika ^a   Skangiel Kramska, Jolanta ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brain; Glutamate transport; Vesicular glutamate transporter; VGLUTs

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; NEUROTRANSMITTER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 3;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLUTAMATERGIC SYSTEM; HISTORY; HOMEOSTASIS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 37349118321     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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