Glutamate transporters roles

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Otis, T. S., Wu, T. C., and Trussed, L. O. (1996) Delayed clearance of transmitter and the role of glutamate transporters at synapses with multiple release sites.. /. Neurosci. 16, 1634-1644. 

Bendahan, A., Armon, A., Madani, N., Kavanaugh, M. P and Kanner, B. I. (2000) Arginine 447 plays a pivotal role in substrate interactions in a neuronal glutamate transporter../. Biol. Chem. 275, 37436-37442. 

Camacho A. and Massieu L. (2006). Role of glutamate transporters in the clearance and release of glutamate during ischemia and its relation to neuronal death. Arch. Med. Res. 37 11 -18. 

Himi T., Ikeda M., Yasuhara T., Nishida M., and Morital. (2003). Role of neuronal glutamate transporter in the cysteine uptake and intracellular glutathione levels in cultured cortical neurons. J. Neural Transm. 110 1337-1348. 

Yi J. H. and Hazell A. S. (2006). Excitotoxic mechanisms and the role of astrocytic glutamate transporters in traumatic brain injury. Neurochem. Int. 48 394 103. 

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