Glutamate Transporters in Hippocampal LTD/LTP: Not Just Prevention of Excitotoxicity

Glutamate uptake is a process mediated by sodium-dependent glutamate transporters, preventing glutamate spillover from the synapse. Typically, astrocytes express higher amounts of glutamate transporters, thus being responsible for most of the glutamate uptake; nevertheless, neurons can also express...

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Main Authors: Joana Gonçalves-Ribeiro, Carolina Campos Pina, Ana Maria Sebastião, Sandra Henriques Vaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncel.2019.00357/full