Metabolism of brain amino acids following pentylenetetrazole treatment

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 151-162

  Yudkoff, Marc ^a   Daikhin, Yevgeny ^a   Nissim, Ilana ^a   Horyn, Oksana ^a   Lazarow, Adam ^a   Nissim, Itzhak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Brain metabolism; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LEUCINE; NITROGEN; OXOACID; PENTETRAZOLE; TRACER;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSAMINATION;

EID: 12244266440     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(02)00260-7     Document Type: Article

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