In situ examination of tyrosine hydroxylase activity in the rat locus coeruleus using (3',5')-[3H2]-α-fluoromethyl-tyrosine as substrate of the enzyme

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Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-211

  Bezin, Laurent ^a   Marcel, Dominique ^a   Garcia, Christine ^a   Blum, David ^a   Lafargue, Pierre ^b   Lellouche, Jean Paul ^b   Pujol, Jean Francois ^a   Weissmann, Dinah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase; Catecholamine; Irreversible substrate; Monofluoromethyl dopa

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FLUOROMETHYLTYROSINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINDEBURNOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCUS COERULEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TYROSINE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VINCAMINE;

EID: 0033972643     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(20000301)35:3<201::AID-SYN5>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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