Glutamine as a precursor for transmitter glutamate, aspartate and GABA in the cerebellum: A role for phosphate-activated glutaminase

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1032-1042

  Holten, Aleksander Talgøy ^a   Gundersen, Vidar ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cerebellum; Glutaminase; Immunocytochemistry; Nerve terminal

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6 DIAZO 5 OXONORLEUCINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIA CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MICROSCOPY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CEREBELLUM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 38449091521     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05065.x     Document Type: Article

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