Enzymes in the glutamate-glutamine cycle in the anterior cingulate cortex in postmortem brain of subjects with autism

Molecular Autism

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Shimmura, Chie ^a   Suzuki, Katsuaki ^a   Iwata, Yasuhide ^b   Tsuchiya, Kenji J ^a   Ohno, Koji ^b   Matsuzaki, Hideo ^c   Iwata, Keiko ^c   Kameno, Yosuke ^b   Takahashi, Taro ^b   Wakuda, Tomoyasu ^b   Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^b   Hashimoto, Kenji ^d   Mori, Norio ^a,b  

^a Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Autism; Glutamate; Glutamate glutamine cycle; Glutaminase

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; CADAVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84876121848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-4-6     Document Type: Article

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