Tyrosine uptake and regional brain monoamine metabolites in a rat model resembling congenital hyperammonemia

Pediatric Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1036-1040

  Colombo, Jean Pierre ^a,c   Bachmann, Claude ^b   Cervantes, Heidi ^a   Kokorovic, Milica ^a   Perritaz, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MONOAMINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UREASE; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FOREBRAIN; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029994318     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199606000-00017     Document Type: Article

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