Glial Amino Acid Transporters

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ortega, Arturo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Schousboe, Arne (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Advances in Neurobiology, 16
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurobiology.; Biomedicine.

 Our current knowledge of the role of macroglia in the physiology of the nervous system has been shaped on by both the established role of oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells in the propagation of the action potential and by the concept of the tripartite synapse. In both cases, integral membrane proteins such as receptors and transporters are crucial for the proper function of these cells. This book is an extensive review of the contribution of glial membrane transporters.  Model transporters are analysed in terms of their structure, distribution and involvement in major functions and/or pathologies of the nervous system. It is important to note that a particular emphasis has been placed in the rather unexplored signalling properties of glial transporters. Likewise, strategies toward the design of novel compounds that target membrane transporters are discussed. Different points of view of the involvement and contribution of glial transporters are presented in this volume, and the contrast of these interpretations invites the readers to broaden their interest of membrane transporters beyond the chapters of this book. No intention was made to provide a certain order to the chapters of the book; in fact any of them can be read independently. We want to express our appreciation to the contributors for their enthusiasm in the preparation of their excellent chapters that will certainly provide a fresh perspective of the exponential accumulation of knowledge that has been published in the last few years and unequivocally changing the concept of glial physiology. It is our hope that this book provides a major input to the fascinating field of membrane transporters as fundamental proteins for the establishment of a better understanding of glia-neuron interactions.  . 

 Manganese and glutamate transporters gene expression,- Glycine transportes in glia cells: structural studies.- Taurine homeostasis and volume control.- Glycine transporters and its coupling with NMDA receptors.- Revised Ion/Substrate Coupling Stoichiometry of GABA Transporters.- EAAT2 and the molecular signature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.- Glial GABA transporters as modulators of inhibitory signalling in epilepsy and stroke.- Glial Glutamine transporters: Beyond the glutamate/glutamine shuttle.- Glutamate transporters as signaling molecules.- Regulation of the glutamate transporters expression in glia cells.- Glutamate Transport System as a Novel Therapeutic Target in Chronic Pain: Molecular Mechanisms and Pharmacology.- Monocarboxylate transporters.- Glutamate transporters role in neurological diseases -- Astrocytic GABA-transporters:Pharmacological properties and targets for antiepileptic drugs -- Glutamate transporters in the blood-brain barrier -- Development of non-GAT1 selective inhibitors; challenges and achievements. .