Blood glutamate levels in patients with motor neuron disease.
- Resource Type
- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Babu GN; Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP, India.; Bawari M; Mathur VN; Kalita J; Misra UK
- Source
- Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 1302422 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0009-8981 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00098981 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Clin Chim Acta Subsets: MEDLINE
- Subject
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0009-8981
This study was undertaken to evaluate the role of excitatory amino acid glutamate (Glu) in the pathophysiology of motor neuron disease (MND). It was observed that blood Glu levels were significantly higher in MND patients with respect to healthy controls. The data indicate that Glu homeostasis is altered in the patients with MND.