Cerebrospinal fluid levels of non-neurotransmitter amino acids in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 279-286

  Molina, J A ^a   Jimenez Jimenez F J ^b,d   Vargas, C ^a   Gomez P ^a   De Bustos, F ^a   Orti Pareja M ^b   Tallon Barranco A ^b   Benito Leon J ^a   Arenas, J ^a   Enriquez de Salamanca R ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amino acids; Cerebrospinal fluid; Plasma

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; ETHANOLAMINE; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHOSPHOSERINE; PROTEIN; SERINE; THREONINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 7144222740     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007020050057     Document Type: Article

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