Disrupted glutamate transporter expression in the spinal cord with acute flaccid paralysis caused by west nile virus infection

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1061-1072

  Blakely, Pennelope K ^a   Kleinschmidt Demasters, Bette K ^b   Tyler, Kenneth L ^b,c   Irani, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid paralysis; Astrocyte; Excitotoxic injury; Glutamate transporters; West Nile virus.

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPROTER 2; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HAMSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CRICETINAE; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURONS; PARALYSIS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 70349747086     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e3181b8ba14     Document Type: Article

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