Blood-brain barrier carrier-mediated transport and brain metabolism of amino acids

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 635-644

  Pardridge, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Aspartame; Cerebral microvasculature; Phenylalanine; Protein synthesis; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINO ACID; AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; ASPARTAME; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMINOACIDEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPHENYLALANINEMIA; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CAPILLARIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0031898769     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022482604276     Document Type: Article

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