Kynurenic acid synthesis in bovine retinal slices - Effect of glutamate agonists

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1367-1372

  Zarnowski, T ^a,b   Bialek, M ^b   Rejdak, R ^a,c,d   Zrenner, E ^c   Junemann, A ^e   Zagorski, Z ^a   Kocki, T ^b   Turski, W A ^b,f  

^a Department of Ophthalmology   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^c University Eye Hospital Tuebingen   (Germany)

^d MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Glutamate agonists; HPLC; Kynurenic acid; Retinal slices

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,3 CYCLOPENTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; KAINIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COW; FLUOROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REACTION ANALYSIS; RETINA; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE SLICE;

ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CATTLE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; N-METHYLASPARTATE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RETINA;

EID: 33748921429     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-005-0423-0     Document Type: Article

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