New insights on the role of free D-aspartate in the mammalian brain

Amino Acids

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1861-1871

  Errico, Francesco ^a,b   Napolitano, Francesco ^a   Nisticò, Robert ^c   Usiello, Alessandro ^a,d,e  

^a CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Centro Europeo per la Ricerca sul Cervello (CERC)/Fondazione   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^e EUROPEAN BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

D Amino acids; Learning and memory; N methyl D aspartate receptor; Sensorimotor gating; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE; ASPARTATE RACEMASE; DEXTRO AMINO ACID OXIDASE; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID OXIDASE; DIZOCILPINE; HALOPERIDOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORTICOSTRIATAL TRACT; DDO GENE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORY GATING; SPATIAL MEMORY; STARTLE REFLEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; D-ASPARTATE OXIDASE; D-ASPARTIC ACID; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MICE; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84868107074     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1356-1     Document Type: Review

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