Neurotoxic and neurobehavioral effects of kynurenines in adult insects

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 312, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1171-1177

  Cerstiaens, Anja ^a   Huybrechts, Jurgen ^a   Kotanen, Stephen ^a   Lebeau, Ilya ^a   Meylaers, Karen ^a   De Loof, Arnold ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Kynurenines; Metamorphosis; Neurodegenerative disease; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYANTHRANILIC ACID; 3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; ANTHRANILIC ACID; KYNURENINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG EFFECT; FORELIMB; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLITE; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANUS;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SARCOPHAGIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345357735     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.11.051     Document Type: Article

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