Post mortem degradation of nucleosides in the brain: Comparison of human and rat brains for estimation of in vivo concentration of nucleosides

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 88-93

  Kovács, Zsolt ^a   Kékesi, Katalin Adrienna ^b   Bobest, Mátyás ^c   Török, Tamás ^a   Szilágyi, Nóra ^b   Szikra, Tamás ^b   Szepesi, Zsuzsanna ^b   Nyilas, Rita ^b   Dobolyi, Árpád ^b   Palkovits, Miklós ^d   Juhász, Gábor ^b  

^a Berzsenyi College   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Markusovszky Teaching Hospital   (Hungary)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Degradation coefficients; Human brain; In vivo nucleoside levels; Post mortem degradation of nucleoside levels; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; GUANOSINE; HYPOXANTHINE; INOSINE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; NUCLEOSIDE; URACIL; URIDINE; XANTHINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOSIDES; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 26444523393     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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