Brain dopamine and amino acid concentrations in Lurcher mutant mice

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 489-493

  Reader, T A ^a,b   Strazielle, C ^a,b   Botez, M I ^a,b   Lalonde, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b U de Neurologie du Comportement   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspartate; Cerebellum; Dopamine; GABA; Glutamate; Glycine; Lurcher mutant; Purkinje cell; Taurine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBELLUM; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAURINE;

EID: 0032521647     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00430-9     Document Type: Article

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