D-Aspartate acts as a signaling molecule in nervous and neuroendocrine systems

Amino Acids

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1873-1886

  Ota, Nobutoshi ^a   Shi, Ting ^a,b   Sweedler, Jonathan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

D Amino acids; D Aspartate; Endocrine gland; Nervous system; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HORMONE RELEASE; INVERTEBRATE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID ISOMERASES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; D-ASPARTATE OXIDASE; D-ASPARTIC ACID; HUMANS; MICE; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868118002     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1364-1     Document Type: Review

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