Drosophila metabolize 1,4-butanediol into γ-hydroxybutyric acid in vivo

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 473, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 149-152

  Satta, Rosalba ^a   Dimitrijevic, Nikola ^a   Manev, Hari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Fruit fly; GABA ( aminoybutyric acid); GHB ( hydroxybutyric acid)

Indexed keywords

1,4 BUTANEDIOL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INJECTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0043208992     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(03)01993-9     Document Type: Article

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