Effects of GABA-transaminase inhibition on brain metabolism and amino-acid compartmentation: An in vivo study by 2D 1H-NMR spectroscopy coupled with microdialysis

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-327

  Pierard C ^a   Peres M ^a   Satabin, P ^a   Guezennec, C Y ^a   Lagarde, D ^a  

^a Institut de Medecine Aerospatiale du Service de Sante des Armees   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Compartmentation; Gabaculine; Microdialysis; NMR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GABACULINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE ENDING; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; SYNAPSE;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032773560     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050802     Document Type: Article

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