Aspartate, glutamate, glutamine, glycine and γ-aminobutyric acid in human bioptic neocortical areas: Comparison to autoptic tissue

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 169-172

  Knörle, Rainer ^a   Assmann, Dietmar ^a   Landwehrmeyer, G Bernhard ^a   Scheremet, Rudolf ^a   Müller, Klaus ^b   Feuerstein, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Neurozentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

age dependence; amino acid neurotransmitters; autoptic tissue; bioptic tissue; high performance liquid chromatography; neocortex; regional distribution

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; O-PHTHALALDEHYDE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0031025085     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13319-X     Document Type: Article

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