Regulation of GABA level in rat brain synaptosomes: Fluxes through enzymes of the GABA shunt and effects of glutamate, calcium, and ketone bodies

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2325-2334

  Erecińska, Maria ^a   Nelson, David ^a   Daikhin, Yevgeny ^a,b   Yudkoff, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; GABA; GABA transaminase activity; Glutamic acid decarboxylase activity; Ketone bodies; Synaptosomes

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; KETONE BODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSAMINATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029833561     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67062325.x     Document Type: Article

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