Cell-autonomous enhancement of glutamate-uptake by female astrocytes

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 953-956

  Morizawa, Yosuke ^a,b   Sato, Kaoru ^c   Takaki, Junpei ^c,d   Kawasaki, Asami ^e   Shibata, Keisuke ^a   Suzuki, Takeshi ^d   Ohta, Shigeru ^b   Koizumi, Schuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; GLAST; Glutamate; Neurotoxicity; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; SEX HORMONE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CYTOPROTECTION; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84864686121     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-012-9829-z     Document Type: Article

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