N-acetyl-L-aspartyl-L-glutamate changes functional and structural properties of rat blood-brain barrier

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 317, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-88

  Pliss, Lioudmila ^a,b   Ježová, Daniela ^c   Mareš, Vladislav ^a   Balcar, Vladimir J ^d,e   Št'astný, František ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Brain capillaries; L Glutamate; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; N Acetyl L aspartate; N Acetyl L aspartyl L glutamate; N Methyl D aspartate receptor; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR AGONIST; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN CELL; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CAPILLARIES; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIPEPTIDES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0037059385     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02423-5     Document Type: Article

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