Glutamine synthetase activity and glutamate uptake in hippocampus and frontal cortex in portal hypertensive rats

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2893-2899

  Acosta, Gabriela Beatriz ^a   Fernández, María Alejandra ^b   Roselló, Diego Martín ^b   Tomaro, María Luján ^b   Balestrasse, Karina ^b   Lemberg, Abraham ^b  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacologicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Frontal cerebral cortex; Glutamate uptake; Glutamine synthetase; Hippocampus; Portal hypertension; Rat

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; BRAIN TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT;

EID: 67651250121     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.2893     Document Type: Article

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