Glutamate signaling in benign and malignant disorders: Current status, future perspectives, and therapeutic implications

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 728-742

  Willard, Stacey S ^a   Koochekpour, Shahriar ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Breast; Cancer; Glioma; Glutamate; GRM1a; iGluR; Melanoma; mGluR; MGluR1a; Prostate; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881491436     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.6475     Document Type: Article

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