Elevation of brain GABA levels with vigabatrin (γ-vinylGABA) differentially affects GAD65 and GAD67 expression in various regions of rat brain

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 736-741

  Sheikh, Sabina N ^a,b   Martin, David L ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

VinylGABA; Glutamate decarboxylase; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; VIGABATRIN;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; ISOENZYMES; RATS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 0032526357     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19980615)52:6<736::AID-JNR12>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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