Impairment of GABAergic neurotransmitter system in the amygdala of young rats after 4-week zinc deprivation

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 746-750

  Takeda, Atsushi ^a   Itoh, Hiromasa ^a   Imano, Sachie ^a   Oku, Naoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; GABA ( amino butyric acid); Glutamate; Hippocampus; In vivo microdialysis; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ZINC;

EID: 33750462375     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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