Glutamate transporters: The arrestin connection
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Glutamate transporters: The arrestin connection
The neurotransmitter glutamate is a major player in the physiology and pathology of the nervous system. Glutamate receptors are responsible for fast excitatory neurotransmission underlying the sensory, motor and cognitive functions of the nervous system. However, overstimulation of these receptors, and in particular those of the NMDA receptor subtype, is associated with neuronal death in acute ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Oncotarget
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1949-2553
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.13999