Postmortem degradation of N-acetyl aspartate and N-acetyl aspartylglutamate: An HPLC analysis of different rat CNS regions

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 695-702

  Battistuta, Jan ^a,b   Bjartmar, Carl ^b   Trapp, Bruce D ^a,b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

HPLC; NAA; NAAG; Neuron postmortem; Rat CNS

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CATABOLISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIPEPTIDES; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034869758     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010947605921     Document Type: Article

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