Amino acid content in several brain regions of the active and hibernating frog, Rana esculenta. 1990

M Watanabe, and M Shimada, and H Watanabe, and M Nakanishi
Department of Anatomy, Osaka Medical College, Japan.

1. Total free amino acid contents in the optic lobe and diencephalon increased significantly during hibernation. 2. Free glutamate + glutamine showed significant increases in the cerebral hemisphere, optic lobe, medulla oblongata and diencephalon. 3. Free aspartate + asparagine showed significant increases in the cerebral hemisphere, optic lobe, diencephalon and olfactory lobe. 4. GABA showed a significant change only in the medulla oblongata. 5. Total protein amino acid level in the cerebellum and olfactory lobe decreased significantly during hibernation and most of the amino acids decreased significantly in these regions. 6. The amino acid metabolism during amphibian hibernation differs from that of the mammal.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009419 Nerve Tissue Proteins Proteins, Nerve Tissue,Tissue Proteins, Nerve
D011893 Rana esculenta An edible species of the family Ranidae, occurring in Europe and used extensively in biomedical research. Commonly referred to as "edible frog". Pelophylax esculentus
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D005260 Female Females
D006605 Hibernation The dormant state in which some warm-blooded animal species pass the winter. It is characterized by narcosis and by sharp reduction in body temperature and metabolic activity and by a depression of vital signs. Hibernation, Artificial,Induced Hibernation,Artificial Hibernation,Artificial Hibernations,Hibernation, Induced,Hibernations,Induced Hibernations
D000596 Amino Acids Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins. Amino Acid,Acid, Amino,Acids, Amino
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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