Different effect of locomotor exercise on the homogenate concentration of amino acids and monoamines in the rostral and caudal lumbar segments of the spinal cord in the rat

Spinal Cord

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-148

  Skup, M ^a   Wiater, M ^a   Gornicka E ^a,b   Walentynowicz, M ^a   Czarkowska Bauch, J ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Locomotor exercise; Monoamines; Neuroactive amino acids; Segmental gradient

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; MONOAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOGENATE; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33846840998     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101945     Document Type: Article

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