Cytidine and uridine increase striatal CDP-choline levels without decreasing acetylcholine synthesis or release

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4-6, 2006, Pages 563-577

  Ulus, Ismail H ^a,b   Watkins, Carol J ^b   Cansev, Mehmet ^a,b   Wurtman, Richard J ^b,c  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine release; CDP choline; Choline; Cytidine; Phospholipid synthesis; Uridine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CITICOLINE; CYTIDINE; MEMBRANE LIPID; URIDINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SECRETION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTOSOME;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYTIDINE; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE CHOLINE; MALE; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTOSOMES; URIDINE;

EID: 37549068147     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-006-9004-5     Document Type: Article

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