Widespread neuronal expression of branched-chain aminotransferase in the CNS: Implications for leucine/glutamate metabolism and for signaling by amino acids

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1458-1468

  García Espinosa, María A ^a   Wallin, Reidar ^a   Hutson, Susan M ^a   Sweatt, Andrew J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acid; Cerebral cortex; Glutamate; Hypothalamus; Leucine; Transamination

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CAPSULA INTERNA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSAMINASES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 33847709986     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04332.x     Document Type: Article

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