Metabolism of N-acetyl-L-aspartate in rat brain

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 615-618

  Miller, Sheldon L ^a,b   Daikhin, Yevgeny ^a,b   Yudkoff, Marc ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amino nitrogen metabolism; aspartate; brain metabolism; N acetylaspartate; oxalacetate

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRAIN; DEUTERIUM; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUTAMIC ACID; KINETICS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029874396     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02527761     Document Type: Article

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