Glutamate Efflux at the Blood-Brain Barrier: Cellular Mechanisms and Potential Clinical Relevance

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 639-645

  Hans Christian Cederberg, Helms ^a   Carsten Uhd, Nielsen ^a   Brodin, Birger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Excitatory amino acid transporters; Excitotoxicity; L glutamate

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; OXALOACETIC ACID; SCAVENGER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIAL CELL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VACUOLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXCITOTOXICITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CATTLE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MICE; RATS; SWINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84924762753     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: 18735487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2014.11.004     Document Type: Review

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