An initial analysis of the regional distribution of excitatory sulphur-containing amino acids in the rat brain.
Certain sulphur-containing amino acids are putative excitatory transmitters in the mammalian central nervous system. The quantification and a partial regional analysis of these compounds in the rat brain is presented. Our findings show that (S)-(+)-homocysteate, determined for the first time, is the most concentrated of those sulphonic and sulphinic amino acids assayed here.
D000603:Amino Acids, Sulfur / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
D000603:Amino Acids, Sulfur; D006710:Homocysteine; C007956:homocysteic acid