γ-Gutamyl peptides and related amino acids in rat hippocampus in vitro: Effect of depolarization and γ-gutamyl transpeptidase inhibition

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-128

  Li, Xiaoying ^a   Orwar, Owe ^a   Revesjö, Camilla ^a   Sandberg, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIVICIN; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; AMINO ACID; DIPEPTIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLGLUTAMIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLGLUTAMINE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLGLUTAMATE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLGLUTAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; DEPOLARIZATION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; DIPEPTIDES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030201155     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(95)00148-4     Document Type: Article

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