Alteration in the D-amino acid content of the rat pineal gland under anesthesia

Amino Acids

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-283

  Hamase, K ^a,b   Homma, H ^b   Takigawa, Y ^b   Imai, K ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Anesthesia; D Aspartic acid; D Leucine; Pineal gland; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DEXTRO AMINO ACID; ETHER; ISOPRENALINE; LEUCINE; PENTOBARBITAL; URETHAN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033490981     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01366926     Document Type: Article

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