Serine racemase protein expression in cortex and hippocampus in schizophrenia

NeuroReport

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1181-1185

  Steffek, Amy E ^a,d   Haroutunian, Vahram ^b   Meador Woodruff, James H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

D serine; Glutamate; L serine; N methyl D aspartate receptor; Western blot analysis

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RACEMASE; SERINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33745901918     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000230512.01339.72     Document Type: Article

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