Brain uptake of iodinated l-meta-tyrosine, a metabolically stable amino acid derivative

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-158

  Kawai, K ^a   Flores, L G ^a   Jinnouchi, S ^a   Tamura, S ^a   Nakagawa, M ^b   Shikano, N ^b   Kubodera, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; IODINE 125; META TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEIODINATION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG UPTAKE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS FUNCTION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BRAIN; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MONOIODOTYROSINE; OUABAIN; PANCREAS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TYROSINE;

EID: 0032922963     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-199902000-00007     Document Type: Article

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