Neuroactive amino acids in focally epileptic human brain: A review

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1385-1395

  Sherwin, Allan L ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Epilepsy; GABA; Glutamate; Human; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Microdialysis; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Phosphoinositol; Polyamines

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; VIGABATRIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 0033227696     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1022580506443     Document Type: Article

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