A glutamatergic component of lead toxicity in adult brain: The role of astrocytic glutamate transporters

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 151-156

  Struzyńska, Lidia ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acid transporters; GLAST; GLT 1; Glutamate; Heavy metals; Pb neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; LEAD; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; LEAD POISONING; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; GLUTAMATE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 64949177900     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2009.01.025     Document Type: Article

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