Activity of tryptophan hydroxylase and content of indolamines in discrete brain regions after a long-term hypoxic exposure in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 765, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 122-128

  Poncet, Ludovic ^a   Denoroy, Luc ^b   Dalmaz, Yvette ^b   Pequignot, Jean Marc ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Chemoreflex; Hypoxia; Indolamine; NSD 1015; Rat; Tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

INDOLEAMINE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN REGION; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYDRAZINES; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0030776255     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00520-9     Document Type: Article

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