SLC1A2 and brain ischemia: In our group, a study of cerebral ischemia using animal models showed a significant decrease in the DAB-immunohistochemical expression of glial glutamate transporter GLT1 in layer III of the cerebral cortex contralateral to the ischemic core after occlusion of the middle cerebral artery, which could contribute to the hyperexcitability of sectors that are distant to the ischemic core (Medina et al., 2008).