Overexpression of spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase elevates the threshold to pentylenetetrazol-induced seizure activity in transgenic mice

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 645-652

  Kaasinen, Selma K ^a   Gröhn, Olli H J ^b   Keinänen, Tuomo A ^a   Alhonen, Leena ^a   Jänne, Juhani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b National Bio NMR Facility   (Finland)

Author keywords

Glutamate; NMR; Pentylenetetrazol; Polyamines; Spermidine spermine N1 acetyltransferase; Aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACYLTRANSFERASE; IFENPRODIL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PENTETRAZOLE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0141671958     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4886(03)00186-9     Document Type: Article

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