A local glutamate-glutamine cycle sustains synaptic excitatory transmitter release

Neuron

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 888-900

  Tani, Hiroaki ^a   Dulla, Chris G ^b   Farzampour, Zoya ^a   Taylor Weiner, Amaro ^b   Huguenard, John R ^a   Reimer, Richard J ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ISOLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLUTAMATERGIC NEUROTRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHAFFER COLLATERAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84896731458     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.12.026     Document Type: Article

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