Electrically evoked synaptosomal amino acid transmitter release in human brain in alcohol misuse

NeuroSignals

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 117-127

  Kuo, Sheng Wen ^a   Dodd, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Cirrhosis; Excitotoxicity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CALCIUM ION; CARBON 14; GLUTAMIC ACID; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOSOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CARBON ISOTOPES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SYNAPTOSOMES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155158673     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326842     Document Type: Article

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