Measurement of glutamate and aspartate in Planaria

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-295

  Rawls, Scott M ^a   Gomez, Teresa ^a   Stagliano, Gregory W ^a   Raffa, Robert B ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartate; Excitatory amino acids; Glutamate; HPLC; Planaria

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BUFFER; CYSTINE; EDETATE SODIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PERCHLORIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DERIVATIZATION; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; GLUTAMIC ACID; PLANARIANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 33646267941     PISSN: 10568719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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