Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 4
"Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 4" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A glutamate plasma membrane transporter protein that is primarily expressed in cerebellar PURKINJE CELLS on postsynaptic DENDRITIC SPINES.
| Descriptor ID |
D050581
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.530.200.249.500.500.937 D12.776.157.530.450.625.147.937 D12.776.157.530.562.374.781.812 D12.776.157.530.937.250.500.937 D12.776.543.585.200.249.500.500.937 D12.776.543.585.450.625.147.937 D12.776.543.585.562.374.781.812 D12.776.543.585.937.250.500.937
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| Concept/Terms |
Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 4- Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 4
- SLC1A6 Transporter
- Transporter, SLC1A6
- EAAT-4 Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter
- EAAT 4 Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 4" by people in Profiles.
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Glutamate transporters EAAT4 and EAAT5 are expressed in vestibular hair cells and calyx endings. PLoS One. 2012; 7(9):e46261.
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Excitatory amino acid transporter expression by astrocytes is neuroprotective against microglial excitotoxicity. Brain Res. 2008 May 19; 1210:11-9.