Changes in cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolites, tryptophan, and γ-aminobutyric acid during the 1st year of life in normal infants

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 152-159

  Cann Moisan, C ^a   Girin, E ^a   Giroux, J D ^a,b   Le Bras, P ^a   Caroff, J ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE ET DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (France)

^b CHU MORVAN   (France)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Cerebrospinal fluid; Monoamine metabolites; Sudden infant death syndrome; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MONOAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATURITY; MONOAMINE METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

AGE FACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0032955917     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014091     Document Type: Article

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