Changes of amino acid concentrations in the rat vestibular nuclei after inferior cerebellar peduncle transection

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 558-574

  Sun, Yizhe ^a   Godfrey, Donald A ^a   Godfrey, Timothy G ^a   Rubin, Allan M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartate; GABA; Glutamate; Glutamine; Glycine; Taurine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE TRANSECTION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBELLUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 33847322497     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21136     Document Type: Article

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