Role of glial amino acid transporters in synaptic transmission and brain energetics

GLIA

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-225

  Marcaggi, Pärkan ^a   Attwell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alanine; Energy; GABA; Glutamate; Glutamine; Glycine; Recycling; SNAT; Spillover; Uptake

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; BRAIN METABOLISM; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; MEMBRANE CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4344621634     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20027     Document Type: Review

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