Glycine transporters and synaptic function

IUBMB Life

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 810-817

  Zafra, Francisco ^a,b   Giménez, Cecilio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glycine transporters; Membrane proteins; Neurotransmission; Synapses

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE; GLYCINE TRANSPORTER 1; GLYCINE TRANSPORTER 2; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHENCYCLIDINE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SYNTAXIN 1A; UBIQUITIN; GLYCINE TRANSPORTER;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HYPEREKPLEXIA; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPSE; UBIQUITINATION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS;

ANIMALS; GLYCINE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 59649097914     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.128     Document Type: Review

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