Glutathione is a physiologic reservoir of neuronal glutamate

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 409, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 596-602

  Koga, Minori ^a   Serritella, Anthony V ^a   Messmer, Marcus M ^a   Hayashi Takagi, Akiko ^b   Hester, Lynda D ^a   Snyder, Solomon H ^a   Sawa, Akira ^a   Sedlak, Thomas W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Glutamate; Glutamyl cycle; Glutathione; Neurons; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

5 OXOPROLINASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR;

ANIMALS; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMIDAZOLINES; ISOXAZOLES; MICE; NEURONS; PYROGLUTAMATE HYDROLASE; RATS;

EID: 79959262849     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.04.087     Document Type: Article

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