Activity of the enantiomers of erythro-3-hydroxyaspartate at glutamate transporters and NMDA receptors

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 692-697

  Foster, Alan C ^a   Li, Yong Xin ^a   Runyan, Stephen ^a   Dinh, Tim ^a   Venadas, Steven ^a   Chen, June ^a   Pashikanti, Srinath ^b   Datta, Apurba ^b   Ehring, George ^a   Staubli, Ursula ^a  

^a ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

aspartate; enantiomer; Glutamate; NMDA receptor; serine racemase; transporter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956587383     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13430     Document Type: Article

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