Na+-dependent neutral amino acid transporters A, ASC, and N of the blood-brain barrier: Mechanisms for neutral amino acid removal

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 287, Issue 4 50-4, 2004, Pages

  O'Kane, Robyn L ^a   Viña, Juan R ^b   Simpson, Ian ^c   Hawkins, Richard A ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Active transport; Brain extracellular fluid; Capillaries; Endothelial cells; Essential amino acids

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ASPARAGINE; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; SODIUM; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CIRCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FLOW KINETICS; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; AMINO ACIDS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CATTLE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; KINETICS; LITHIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 4544322971     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00187.2004     Document Type: Article

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