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    Homostachydrine is a Xenobiotic Substrate of OCTN1/SLC22A4 and Potentially Sensitizes Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizures in Mice

    Understanding of the underlying mechanism of epilepsy is desired since some patients fail to control their seizures. The carnitine/organic cation transporter OCTN1/SLC22A4 is expressed in brain neurons and tra...

    Misa Nishiyama, Noritaka Nakamichi, Tomoyuki Yoshimura in Neurochemical Research (2020)

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    Carnitine/Organic Cation Transporter OCTN1 Negatively Regulates Activation in Murine Cultured Microglial Cells

    Brain immune cells, i.e., microglia, play an important role in the maintenance of brain homeostasis, whereas chronic overactivation of microglia is involved in the development of various neurodegenerative diso...

    Takahiro Ishimoto, Noritaka Nakamichi, Hikari Nishijima in Neurochemical Research (2018)