In vivo N-15 MRS study of glutamate metabolism in the rat brain

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 529, Issue , 2017, Pages 179-192

  Kanamori, Keiko ^a  

^a HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

1H 15N heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence transfer; Brain glutamate; Glutamine synthesis; Hyperammonemic encephalopathy; Leucine metabolism; N 15 magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LEUCINE; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIA; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERAMMONEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFUSION; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSAMINATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS;

EID: 84992753569     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2016.08.025     Document Type: Article

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