Effect of diabetes on levels and uptake of putative amino acid neurotransmitters in rat retina and retinal pigment epithelium

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1167-1171

  Vilchis, Carmen ^a   Salceda, Rocío ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

free amino acids; Retina; retinal pigment epithelium; streptozotocin diabetes; uptake

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RETINA; TAURINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029919399     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02532391     Document Type: Article

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