The neurotransmitter candidature of sulphur-containing excitatory amino acids in the mammalian central nervous system

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-36

  Thompson, Gareth A ^a   Kilpatrick, Ian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

excitatory amino acid; L cysteic acid; L cysteine sulphinic acid; L glutamate; L homocysteic acid; L homocysteine sulphinic acid

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SULFUR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029907990     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-7258(96)00097-6     Document Type: Review

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