Characteristics of glycine transport across the inner blood-retinal barrier

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 789-795

  Okamoto, Masashi ^a   Akanuma, Shin ichi ^a   Tachikawa, Masanori ^a   Hosoya, Ken ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycine; GlyT1; Inner blood retinal barrier; System A

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 2 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; CHLORIDE ION; GLYCINE; GLYCINE TRANSPORTER 1; SODIUM ION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM A; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CHLORINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; KINETICS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL ARTERY; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

RATTUS;

EID: 70349975998     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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