Valine but not leucine or isoleucine supports neurotransmitter glutamate synthesis during synaptic activity in cultured cerebellar neurons

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1768-1775

  Bak, Lasse K ^a   Johansen, Maja L ^a   Schousboe, Arne ^a   Waagepetersen, Helle S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acid; Glutamate; Neuron; Neurotransmitter; Vesicular

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LATROTOXIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITROGEN 15; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION AND SUPERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; MICE; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VALINE;

EID: 84863775416     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23072     Document Type: Article

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