β-Carbolines: Metabolism and neurotoxicity

Biogenic Amines

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-180

  Collins, M A ^a   Neafsey, E J ^a   Matsubara, K ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Cell cultures; Neurotoxicant; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

BETA CARBOLINE; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; BRAIN ENZYME; CATION; HARMAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROXYLATION; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029943166     PISSN: 01688561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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