Forty years of amino acid transmission in the brain

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 269-280

  Bennett, Maxwell R ^a   Balcar, Vladimir J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; IBOTENIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PICROTOXIN; QUISQUALIC ACID; STRYCHNINE;

BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROIONTOPHORESIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0032780415     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(99)00068-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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