Receptor interactions of β-N-oxalyl-L-α,β-diaminopropionic acid, the lathyrus sativus putative excitotoxin, with synaptic membranes

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1191-1196

  Jain, Renu K ^a   Junaid, Mohammed A ^b   Rao, S L N ^a,c  

^a OU ^*  (India)

^b NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

N Oxalyl L , diaminopropionic acid (ODAP); Excitotoxin; Glutamate receptors; Lathyrus sativus; Neurolathyrism; Neurotoxin

Indexed keywords

3 OXALYLAMINOALANINE; EXCITOTOXIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATHYRISM; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BRAIN; CHICKENS; FABACEAE; GLUTAMIC ACID; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROTOXINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; LATHYRUS SATIVUS;

EID: 0031902267     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020782119057     Document Type: Article

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