Table 2.

Nomenclature of Glu transporters.

	Hugo Name	Aliases	REFERENCES
Plasma membrane transporters
	Excitatory amino acid transporter 1 (EAAT1; slc1 a3)	GLAST	[66,70]
	Excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2; slc1 a2)	GLT-1	[66,70]
	Excitatory amino acid transporter 3 (EAAT3; slc1 a1)	EAAC1	[66,70]
	Excitatory amino acid transporter 4 (EAAT4; slc1 a6)		[66,70]
	Excitatory amino acid transporter 5 (EAAT5; slc1 a7)		[66,70]
Vesicular transporters
	Vesicular glutamate transporter 1 (VGLUT1; slc17 a7)	______	[68,69]
	Vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (VGLUT2; slc17 a6)	______	[68,69]
	Vesicular glutamate transporter 3 (VGLUT1; slc17 a8)	______	[68,69]