Characterization of L-DOPA transport in cultured rat and mouse astrocytes

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 490-495

  Tsai, M J ^a   Lee, E H Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

astrocyte culture; DA; L DOPA; transport

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; DOPAMINE; LEVODOPA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELLS, CULTURED; KINETICS; LEVODOPA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029670526     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960215)43:4<490::AID-JNR10>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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