Quantitative changes of amino acid distributions in the rat vestibular nuclear complex after unilateral vestibular ganglionectomy

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1550-1564

  Li, Hongyan ^a   Godfrey, Timothy G ^a   Godfrey, Donald A ^a   Rubin, Allan M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartate; Deafferentation; GABA; Glutamate; Glycine; Vestibular compensation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLIONECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT; SURVIVAL TIME; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029877340     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66041550.x     Document Type: Article

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