Agmatine in the brain: An emerging " human" perspective

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 872-

  Laube, Gregor ^a   Bernstein, Hans Gert ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGMATINASE; AGMATINE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGMATINE; BRAIN; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84856121133     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.10.007     Document Type: Note

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