Quantitative Analysis of neurotransmitter pathways under steady state conditions - a perspective

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Cooper, Arthur J L ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acid branched chain keto acid shuttle; Cerebral nitrogen metabolism; GABA glutamine cycle; Glutamate glutamine cycle; Metabolic compartmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890305403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00179     Document Type: Article

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