The characteristics of arginine transport by rat cerebellar and cortical synaptosomes

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1539-1546

  Aldridge, Christian R ^a   Collard, Keith J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b St Loye's School of Health Studies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cerebellum; cortex; L Arginine; nitric oxide; synaptosomes; uptake

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; HOMOARGININE; LYSINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; ORNITHINE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; VERATRIDINE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM; SODIUM ACETATE; SYNAPTOSOMES; TRITIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030462466     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02533103     Document Type: Article

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