Low permeability of the blood-brain barrier to nanomolar concentrations of immunoreactive alpha-melanotropin

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 262-266

  Wilson, John Fawcett ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha melanotropin; Blood brain barrier; Inulin; Lipid solubility; Pharmacokinetics; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMAL; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SODIUM GLUTAMATE;

EID: 0023740987     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00177572     Document Type: Article

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