Pentylenetetrazole decreases metabolic glutamate turnover in rat brain

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1200-1207

  Eloqayli, Haytham ^a   Dahl, Carl Bredo ^a   Götestam, K Gunnar ^a   Unsgård, Geirmund ^a   Hadidi, Hakam ^b   Sonnewald, Ursula ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Aspartate; Cerebellum; Epilepsy; Glutamate; Pentylenetetrazole

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACETIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; PENTETRAZOLE; TAURINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPES; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037565385     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01781.x     Document Type: Article

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