Brain N-acetylaspartate as a molecular water pump and its role in the etiology of Canavan disease: A mechanistic explanation

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-189

  Baslow, Morris H ^a  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Canavan disease; Hydrostatic pressure; Molecular water pump; N acetylaspartate; Oligodendrocytes; Osmotic pressure

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; BRAIN PROTEIN; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CANAVAN DISEASE; CATABOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPITHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OSMOREGULATION; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CANAVAN DISEASE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942541105     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:21:3:185     Document Type: Article

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