Effects of L-tryptophan on indoleamines and catecholamines in discrete brain regions of wild type and Lurcher mutant mice

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1125-1134

  Reader, Tomás A ^a,b   Le Marec, Nathalie ^a,b   Ase, Ariel R ^a   Lalonde, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptophol; 5 hydroxyindole 3 acetic acid; Cerebellar ataxia; Dopamine; HPLC; Noradrenaline; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHOL; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLEAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CATECHOLAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0032827841     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020708319483     Document Type: Article

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