Brain damage results in down-regulation of N-acetylaspartate as a neuronal osmolyte

NeuroMolecular Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-103

  Baslow, Morris H ^a   Suckow, Raymond F ^b   Gaynor, Kate ^a   Bhakoo, Kishore K ^c   Marks, Neville ^a,d   Saito, Mariko ^a   Saito, Mitsuo ^a   Duff, Karen ^a,d   Matsuoka, Yasuji ^a,d   Berg, Martin J ^a  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Brain; Canavan disease; Hypoacetylaspartia; N acetyl L aspartate; Neurons; Oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; HYDROLASE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; N-ACETYLASPARTATE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INJURY; CANAVAN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OSMOLALITY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; UPREGULATION; VERTEBRATE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FETUS; GENETICS; GLIA; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; FETUS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0041976934     PISSN: 15351084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NMM:3:2:95     Document Type: Article

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