Effect of 6R-L-erythro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin and infusion of L-tyrosine on the in vivo L-[ β-11C]DOPA disposition in the monkey brain

Brain Research

Volumn 713, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 92-98

  Tsukada, Hideo ^a   Lindner, Karl Johan ^b   Hartvig, Per ^b   Tani, Yoshihiro ^c   Valtysson, Johann ^d   Bjurling, Peter ^d   Kihlberg, Tor ^d   Westerberg, Göran ^d   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^e   Långström, Bengt ^d  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dopamine; L Tyrosine; L 11C DOPA; Monkey brain; Positron emission tomography; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOPTERIN; BRAIN; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE;

EID: 0029865428     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01489-6     Document Type: Article

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