title: PICKing on transporters.
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.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0021, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Deken
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Beckman
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Quick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C498297:PICk1 protein, human