Rate of glutamate synthesis from leucine in rat brain measured in vivo by 15N NMR

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1304-1315

  Kanamori, Keiko ^a   Ross, Brian D ^a   Kondrat, Richard W ^b  

^a HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

15N NMR; Brain; Branched chain aminotransferase; Glutamate; In vivo; Leucine

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE; NITROGEN 15;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACER; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031891001     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70031304.x     Document Type: Article

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