Elevated forebrain excitatory l-glutamate, l-aspartate and d-aspartate in the Naples high-excitability rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-28

  Ruocco, L A ^a   Carnevale, U A Gironi ^a   Sadile, A G ^a   Sica, A ^a   Arra, C ^c   Di Maio, A ^b   Topo, E ^b   D'Aniello, A ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Animal model; Behaviour; Neurogenetics

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXCITABILITY; FOREBRAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAZE LEARNING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 58549085837     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.11.029     Document Type: Article

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