Branched-chain amino acids and neurotransmitter metabolism: Expression of cytosolic branched-chain aminotransferase (BCATC) in the cerebellum and hippocampus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 477, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 360-370

  Sweatt, Andrew J ^a   Garcia Espinosa, Maria A ^a   Wallin, Reidar ^a   Hutson, Susan M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Epilepsy; Gabapentin; Gamma amino butyric acid; Glutamate; Purkinje cell

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINOTRANSFERASE; GABAPENTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; ISOENZYME; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CATALYST; CELL CULTURE; CEREBELLUM; CYTOSOL; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; CYTOPLASM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 4444293612     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20200     Document Type: Article

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