Metabolism of the dorsal cochlear nucleus in rat brain slices

Hearing Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 115-129

  Zheng, Li ^a   Godfrey, Donald A ^a   Waller, Hardress J ^a   Godfrey, Timothy G ^a   Chen, Kejian ^a   Kong, Wei ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Adenosine triphosphate; Amino acid; Choline acetyltransferase; High performance liquid chromatography; Malate dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TECHNIQUE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034029879     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(00)00033-2     Document Type: Article

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