D-Aspartate as a putative cell-cell signaling molecule in the Aplysia californica central nervous system

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 595-606

  Miao, Hai ^a   Rubakhin, Stanislav S ^a   Scanlan, Cory R ^a   Wang, Liping ^a   Sweedler, Jonathan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia californica; Capillary electrophoresis; D Aspartate; Intercellular signaling; Neuron; Transport

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; RADIOISOTOPE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN GANGLION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; LASER; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLCHICINE; D-ASPARTIC ACID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 33645362456     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03791.x     Document Type: Article

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