Acute regulation of steady-state GABA levels following GABA-transaminase inhibition in rat cerebral cortex

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 48, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 508-514

  de Graaf, Robin A ^a   Patel, Anant B ^a   Rothman, Douglas L ^a   Behar, Kevin L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

vinyl GABA; 13C isotopes; GABA; GABA transaminase; NMR Spectroscopy; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; CARBON 13; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMINE; VIGABATRIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEADY STATE;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; ACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VIGABATRIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645855881     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2005.12.024     Document Type: Article

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