Tetanus toxin-induced effects on extracellular amino acid levels in rat hippocampus: An in vivo microdialysis study

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 324-329

  Britton, P ^a,b   Whitton, P S ^a   Fowler, L J ^a   Bowery, N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartate; GABA; Glutamate; Intracerebral microdialysis; Tetanus toxin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; TETANUS TOXIN;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029990594     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67010324.x     Document Type: Article

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