Chronic administration of propionic acid reduces ganglioside N- acetylneuraminic acid concentration in cerebellum of young rats

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-124

  Brusque, Ana M ^b   Terracciano, Simone T ^b   Fontella, Fernanda U ^b   Vargas, Carmen ^b   Da Silva, Cleide G ^b   Wyse, Angela T ^a   Trindade, Vera M T ^b   Wannmacher, Clóvis M D ^b   Wajner, Moacir ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cerebral cortex; Ganglioside; N Acetylneuraminic acid; Propionic acid; Propionic acidaemia

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID;

ACIDEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN LEVEL; CEREBELLUM; CONVULSION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; GANGLIOSIDES; NEURAMINIC ACIDS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032581181     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00109-9     Document Type: Article

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