D-Aspartic acid is a novel endogenous neurotransmitter

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1014-1027

  D'Aniello, Salvatore ^a,b   Somorjai, Ildiko ^a   Garcia Fernàndez, Jordi ^a   Topo, Enza ^b   D'Aniello, Antimo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^c Italian Institute of Social Security (INPS)   (Italy)

Author keywords

D amino acids; L amino acids; Nervous system; Receptors; Synaptic vesicles

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE OXIDASE; ASPARTATE RACEMASE; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CHROMATOPHORE; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CHROMATOPHORES; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOSOL; D-ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LOLIGO; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; POTASSIUM; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMINO ACID; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; SYNAPTOSOMES;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LOLIGO VULGARIS; MAMMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79954593819     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-168492     Document Type: Article

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