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Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 841-842

  Gulyaeva, Natalia ^a   Aniol, Victor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2,9 DIMETHYL BETA CARBOLINE; 2,9 DIMETHYL BETA CARBOLINIUM ION; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 9 METHYL BETA CARBOLINE; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; GLYCINE; HARMAN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NEUROTOXIN; NORMELINONINE F; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANXIETY; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONVULSION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTROPHIN RELATED GENE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SIDE EFFECT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CARBOLINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION; DENDRITES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84862019663     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07708.x     Document Type: Editorial

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