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EXCITATORY AMINO ACID NEUROTRANSMISSION. PATHWAYS FOR METABOLISM, STORAGE AND REUPTAKE OF GLUTAMATE IN BRAIN
Monica Palmada and Josep Joan Centelles
Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain
Received 5/7/98 Accepted 5/23/98
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 1. Abstract
- 2. Introduction
- 3. Excitatory amino acids receptors
- 3.1. Ionotropic glutamate receptors
- 3.1.1. NMDA receptors
3.1.2. Non-NMDA receptors
3.2. Metabotropic glutamate receptors
- 4. Excitatory amino acids transporters
- 4.1. EAAT1 and GLAST1
4.2. EAAT2 and GLT-1
4.3. EAAT3 and EAAC1
4.4. EAAT4
4.5. EAAT5
4.6. Synaptic vesicles glutamate transporter
- 5. Metabolic interactions between neurons and astrocytes
- 5.1. Glutamine synthetase (E.C. 6.3.1.2.)
5.2. Glutaminase (E.C. 3.5.1.2.)
5.3. Glutamate dehydrogenase (E.C. 1.4.1.2.-4.)
5.4. Transaminases
5.5. Glutamic acid decarboxylase (E.C. 4.1.1.15.)
- 6. Dysfunction of excitatory amino acid neurotransmission
- 7. References
- 8. Entire manuscript
Key words: Glutamate, Receptors, Transport, Metabolism, Neurotransmission, Neurodegeneration, Brain
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