Oral L-glutamine increases GABA levels in striatal tissue and extracellular fluid

FASEB Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1227-1232

  Wang, Lei ^a   Maher, Timothy J ^a,b   Wurtman, Richard J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Hepatic encephalopathy; Microdialysis; Neurotransmitter precursor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; KINETICS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 33947656412     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-7495com     Document Type: Article

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