“…DA is an autosomal recessive disorder with an estimated frequency of 1:36,000 (1), which was first described in 1974 (2). The clinical features of the disorder have not been widely explored, due to the paucity of clinical cases; however, of the 4 independent cases examined, 2 report an association with mental retardation (2,3). Solute carrier family 1, member 1 (SLC1A1), also referred to in human studies as excitatory amino acid transporter 3 (EAAT3) or in rodents as excitatory amino acid carrier 1 (EAAC1), is a high-affinity anionic amino acid transporter expressed in the kidney, a wide variety of epithelial tissues, brain, and eye.…”