Excitotoxicity secondary to the loss of glutamate transporters (GluT) has been proposed as a possible pathogenetic mechanism for neuronal degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. We therefore investigated whether prolonged in vivo pharmacologic inhibition of GluT would result in neuronal damage
Erythropoietin (EPO) is a chemokine hormone that is widely distributed throughout the body including nervous system. For last years its role as cytokine involved in many physiological processes out of the bone marrow has been suggested. Moreover, it plays a
A simple and practical general synthetic protocol towards orthogonally protected tHyAsp derivatives fully compatible with Fmoc solid-phase peptide synthetic methodology is reported. Our approach includes enantioresolution of commercially available D: ,L: -tHyAsp racemic mixture by co-crystallization with L: -Lys, followed
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology, 14(1), P81-P82 (2008-04-01)
Activity of high-affinity glutamate transporters was altered in brain nerve terminals under artificial gravity conditions. Blood platelets contain glutamate transporters and are able to uptake glutamate. The goal of the research was to analyze comparatively L-[14C]glutamate transport in neuronal and
Threohydroxyaspartate (THA)-induced glutamate excitotoxicity in organotypic culture of rat spinal cord is a well-known model of motor neuron degeneration. THA causes accumulation of synaptic glutamate and over stimulation of the postsynaptic receptor by inhibiting glutamate uptake. This model has also
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