Glutamate Transporter Protein Subtypes Are Expressed Differentially during Rat CNS Development

Furuta, Akiko; D. Rothstein, Jeffrey; J. Martin, Lee

doi:10.1523/jneurosci.17-21-08363.1997

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Glutamate Transporter Protein Subtypes Are Expressed Differentially during Rat CNS Development

Published in Journal of Neuroscience • Nov 1, 1997

Authors:

Akiko Furuta

Jeffrey D. Rothstein

Lee J. Martin

Abstract

Extracellular glutamate concentrations are regulated by glial and neuronal transporter proteins. Four glutamate transporter subtypes have been identified in rat brain; GLAST and GLT-1 are primarily astrocytic, whereas EAAC1 and EAAT4 are neuronal. Using immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry with s...

Subject

Forebrain

Biology

Glutamate receptor

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