The nagging question of the function of N-acetylaspartylglutamate

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 231-238

  Coyle, Joseph T ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVIEW;

EID: 0030690403     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1997.0153     Document Type: Article

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