Toward a new role for plasma membrane sodium-dependent glutamate transporters of astrocytes: Maintenance of antioxidant defenses beyond extracellular glutamate clearance

Amino Acids

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 181-197

  Had Aissouni, Laurence ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; EAATs; Glutathione; Ischemia; Oxidative stress; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SODIUM;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXICITY; EXTRACELLULAR GLUTAMATE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; METABOLITE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTROCYTES; CELL MEMBRANE; GLUTAMATES; HUMANS; SODIUM;

EID: 84859081876     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-0863-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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