Effects of glutamate antagonists on the activity of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase

Amino Acids

Volumn 14, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 43-49

  Fisher, A ^a   Biggs, C S ^a   Starr, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aromatic L amino acid decarboxylase; Corpus striatum; Glutamate antagonists; L DOPA; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 METHYL 5 PHOSPHONO 3 PENTENOIC ACID; 3 AMINO 1 HYDROXY 2 PYRROLIDINONE; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; AMANTADINE; AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; BRAIN ENZYME; BUDIPINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE; ELIPRODIL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEVODOPA; MEMANTINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0031975702     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01345241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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