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Regulation of glutamate transporters in astrocytes: evidence for a relationship between transporter expression and astrocytic phenotype.
Neurotoxicity research - 1 Jan 2005
Zagami Chrissandra J, O'Shea Ross D, Lau Chew L, Cheema Surindar S, Beart Philip M
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The astrocytic glutamate transporters, EAAT1 and EAAT2, remove released L-glutamate from the synaptic milieu thereby maintaining normal excitatory transmission. EAAT dysfunction during the excitotoxicity and oxidative stress of neurological insults may involve homoeostatic mechanisms associated with astrocytic function. We investigated aspects of EAAT function and expression in concert with astrocytic phenotype...
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