Dissociation of AGAT, GAMT and SLC6A8 in CNS: Relevance to creatine deficiency syndromes

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 423-433

  Braissant, Olivier ^a   Béard, Elidie ^a   Torrent, Céline ^a   Henry, Hugues ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain; Creatine; Creatine Deficiency syndromes; Guanidinoacetate; Rat

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CREATINE; CREATINE TRANSPORTER; GLYCINE AMIDINOTRANSFERASE; GUANIDINOACETATE METHYLTRANSFERASE; GUANIDINOACETIC ACID; PROTEIN SLC6A8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL TRANSPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AMIDINOTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CREATINE; GLYCINE; GUANIDINOACETATE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PLASMA MEMBRANE NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNDROME;

EID: 72749117347     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2009.10.022     Document Type: Article

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