Kynurenic acid is present in the rat brain and its content increases during development and aging processes

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 1988, Pages 145-150

  Moroni, Flavio ^a   Russi, Patrizia ^a   Carlá, Vincenzo ^a   Lombardi, Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Development; Excitotoxin; Kynurenic acid; N Methyl d aspartic acid; Quinolinic acid; Serotonin; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

KYNURENIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; QUINOLINIC ACID; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; KIDNEY; KYNURENIC ACID; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0023791093     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(88)90285-6     Document Type: Article

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