d-Aspartic acid: An endogenous amino acid with an important neuroendocrine role

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-234

  D'Aniello, Antimo ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

d Aspartic acid (d Asp); Endocrine glands; Hormone release; N methyl d aspartic acid (NMDA); Nervous system; Neuromodulator; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; IONOMYCIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OXYTOCIN; POTASSIUM ION; PROLACTIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RETINA; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; D-ASPARTIC ACID; HUMANS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846625966     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2006.08.005     Document Type: Review

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