Contribution of a glial glutamate transporter to GABA synthesis in the retina

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1895-1898

  Sarthy, Vijay P ^a   Marc, Robert E ^b   Pignataro, Leonardo ^a   Tanaka, Kohichi ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GABA; GLAST; Glutamate transporter; Glutamine; Knockout mice; M ller cell; Retina

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GLIA; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROGLIA; RETINA;

EID: 4444257366     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200408260-00012     Document Type: Article

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