Studies on amino acid metabolism in the brain using 15N-labeled precursors

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1327-1331

  Jones, P ^a   Bachelard, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15N GC MS; Alanine; Depolarization; Glutamate; Glutamine; Transamination

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GUINEA PIG; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSAMINATION;

ALANINE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GUINEA PIGS; KINETICS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POTASSIUM;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032752902     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022516219647     Document Type: Article

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