PICKing on transporters

Trends Neurosci. 2001 Nov;24(11):623-5. doi: 10.1016/s0166-2236(00)01933-0.

Abstract

Plasma membrane neurotransmitter transporters are regulators of extracellular transmitter levels in brain and are the primary sites of action for several drugs of abuse and therapy. Studies are beginning to reveal how neurons use synaptic machinery to modulate these regulators.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carrier Proteins / chemistry
  • Carrier Proteins / physiology*
  • Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Humans
  • Membrane Glycoproteins*
  • Membrane Transport Proteins / metabolism
  • Membrane Transport Proteins / physiology*
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins*
  • Neurons / physiology*
  • Nuclear Proteins / chemistry
  • Nuclear Proteins / physiology*
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Signal Transduction / physiology

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • PICk1 protein, human