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Nutr Rev. 1982 Jan 01;40(1):30-32. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1982.tb06825.x.

The Vulnerability of the Neonatal Rodent Brain to Glutamate and Aspartate.

Nutrition reviews

[No authors listed]

PMID: 31252973 DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1982.tb06825.x

Abstract

Microhistochemical analyses of the circumventricular organs of the four-day-old mouse or rat brain show very high levels of these amino acids after an excitotoxic subcutaneous dose. Nearby regions protected by the blood-brain barrier do not.

© 1982 International Life Sciences Institute.

Keywords: N-methylaspartate; arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus; blood-brain barrier; circumventricular organs; excitotoxic amino acids; neonatal mouse

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