Synthesis, accumulation, and release of d-aspartate in the Aplysia californica CNS

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1234-1244

  Scanlan, Cory ^a   Shi, Ting ^a   Hatcher, Nathan G ^a   Rubakhin, Stanislav S ^a   Sweedler, Jonathan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia californica; d amino acids; d aspartate; Hormone; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; IONOMYCIN; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN GANGLION; CELL INTERACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; D-ASPARTIC ACID; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; IONOMYCIN; IONOPHORES; LASERS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RADIOISOTOPES; TEMPERATURE;

APLYSIA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 78149261147     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.07020.x     Document Type: Article

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