Neurotoxicology and amino acid intake during development: The case of threonine

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 653-662

  Castagne, Vincent ^b   Maire, Jean Claude E ^b   Gyger, Marcel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

amino acid intake; behavior; brain; glutamate; glyc ine; micr odialysis; ontogenesis; rat; threonine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; THREONINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

EID: 0030465353     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00273-0     Document Type: Article

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