it is quite difficult to find a marker that stains the cytosol of excitatory neurons. The "VGLUTs" stain usually only the synapses, maybe the staining of Glutaminase 1 would be helpful for you. That is an enzyme that can in neurons convert glutamine from the astrocytes back to glutamate. I'm from the company Synaptic Systems, so maybe my judgement is "biased", but maybe this antibody;
if you like, I can offer you a free trial size sample of this antibodies (sampled would be free, but not the shipping). If you are interested let me know and I will organize something.
Thank you so much for your reply! Yes, we want to try those Abs. Can I have your email address? Probably our lab manager, Liyan Qiu, will contact you about those Abs and shipping fees. I appreciate your time and help!