Distribution of the monocarboxylate transporter MCT2 in human cerebral cortex: An immunohistochemical study

Brain Research

Volumn 1226, Issue , 2008, Pages 61-69

  Chiry, Oriana ^a,b   Fishbein, William N ^c   Merezhinskaya, Natalya ^c   Clarke, Stéphanie ^d,e   Galuske, Ralf ^a,b   Magistretti, Pierre J ^d,e,f   Pellerin, Luc ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Biochemical Pathology Division   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Astrocyte neuron lactate shuttle; Energy metabolism; Lactate; Neuron; Postsynaptic density

Indexed keywords

KETONE BODY; LACTIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 2; PYRUVIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL LABELING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STAINING; WHITE MATTER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITIC SPINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

RODENTIA;

EID: 49049086050     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.06.025     Document Type: Article

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