Role of nitric oxide on GABA, glutamic acid, activities of GABA-T and GAD in rat brain cerebral cortex

Brain Research

Volumn 837, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 229-235

  Jayakumar, A R ^a   Sujatha, R ^a   Paul, V ^b   Asokan, C ^a   Govindasamy, S ^c   Jayakumar, R ^a  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b IBMS Tharamani ^*  (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Convulsion; GABA; GABA T; GAD; Glutamic acid; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; CONVULSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0033533136     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01692-3     Document Type: Article

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