A practical guide to the synthesis of dinitroindolinyl-caged neurotransmitters

Nature Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 314-326

  Ellis Davies, Graham C R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 CARBOXYMETHOXY 5,7 DINITROINOLINYL GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 CARBOXYMETHOXY 5,7 DINITROINOLINYL GLUTAMIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; NEUROTRANSMITTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMIC ACID; INDOLES; MICE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHOTOLYSIS;

EID: 79952377953     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.193     Document Type: Article

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