Roles of glutamine in neurotransmission

Neuron Glia Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-276

  Albrecht, Jan ^a   Sidoryk Wȩgrzynowicz, Marta ^b   Zielińska, Magdalena ^a   Aschner, Michael ^b  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

astrocytes; brain pathology; GABA; Gln; Glu; neural transmission; neuromodulation; synaptic endings

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; AMMONIA; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DECARBOXYLATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; ION CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPILEPSY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84857027899     PISSN: 1740925X     EISSN: 17410533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1740925X11000093     Document Type: Article

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