Release of neurotransmitter amino acids from rat brain synaptosomes and its regulation in aging

Gerontology

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1988, Pages 35-40

  Aprikyan, G V ^a   Gekchyan, K G ^a  

^a H Buniatian Institute of Biochemistry National Academy of Sciences of Armenia   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Aspartic acid; Glutamic acid; Synaptosomes, rat; Aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; CALCIUM; GLUTAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM;

AGE; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPTOSOME;

AGING; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CALCIUM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; POTASSIUM; RATS; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 0023948016     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000212928     Document Type: Article

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