Metabolic control of kynurenic acid formation in the rat brain

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 408-416

  Hodgkins, Paul S ^a   Schwarcz, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy metabolism; Excitotoxicity; Hypoglycemia; Kynurenines

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; EXCITOTOXIN; HEXOSE; KETONE BODY; KYNURENIC ACID; OXOACID; PYRUVIC ACID; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FORMAZANS; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE; MALE; POTASSIUM; PYRUVIC ACID; QUINOLINIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; VERATRIDINE;

EID: 0031735405     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017338     Document Type: Conference Paper

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