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Glutamate transporters in kidney and brain
1Membrane and Biology Program, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. mhediger@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
The American Journal of Physiology
|October 12, 1999
Abstract:
Glutamate transporters play important roles in the termination of excitatory neurotransmission and in providing cells with glutamate for metabolic purposes. In the kidney, glutamate transporters are involved in reabsorption of filtered acidic amino acids, regulation of ammonia and bicarbonate production, and protection of cells against osmotic stress.