Facilitated brain uptake of 4-chlorokynurenine and conversion to 7-chlorokynurenic acid

NeuroReport

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-18

  Hokari, Mitsuhiko ^a,c   Wu, Hui Qiu ^b   Schwarcz, Robert ^b   Smith, Quentin R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 Chlorokynurenine; Blood brain barrier; Excitotoxicity; Glycine; Kynurenic acid; Neurodegenerative disorders; NMDA; Transport

Indexed keywords

4 CHLOROKYNURENINE; 4,6 DICHLOROKYNURENINE; KYNURENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030895630     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199612200-00004     Document Type: Article

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