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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8, 935–947 (1 December 2007) | doi:10.1038/nrn2274
Glutamate transporters: confining runaway excitation by shaping synaptic transmission
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Abstract
Traditionally, glutamate transporters have been viewed as membrane proteins that harness the electrochemical gradient to slowly transport glutamate from the extracellular space into glial cells. However, recent studies have shown that glutamate transporters on glial and neuronal membranes also rapidly bind released glutamate to shape synaptic transmission. In this Review, we summarize the properties of glutamate transporters that influence synaptic transmission and are subject to regulation and plasticity. We highlight how the diversity of glutamate-transporter function relates to transporter location, density and affinity.
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