Yokukansan, a Traditional Japanese Medicine, Enhances the Glutamate Transporter GLT-1 Function in Cultured Rat Cortical Astrocytes

Astrocytes carry two glutamate transporters—GLAST and GLT-1—the latter of which is responsible for >90% of glutamate uptake activity in the brain; however, under culture conditions, the GLT-1 expression in astrocytes is exceedingly low, as is the glutamate uptake activity mediated by GLT-1. This...

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Published in:Evid Based Complement Alternat Med
Main Authors: Ueki, Toshiyuki, Kawakami, Zenji, Kanno, Hitomi, Omiya, Yuji, Mizoguchi, Kazushige, Yamamoto, Masahiro
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Hindawi 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5960509/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29853967
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6804017
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