Pharmacokinetics of systemically administered tyrosine: A comparison of serum, brain tissue and in vivo microdialysate levels in the rat

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 310-317

  Bongiovanni, Rodolfo ^a   Yamamoto, Bryan K ^b   Simpson, Catherine ^a   Jaskiw, George E ^a,c  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Large neutral amino acids; Medial prefrontal cortex; Microdialysis; Striatum; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIALYSATE LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; KINETICS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYROSINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141918865     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.02007.x     Document Type: Article

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