N-Acetylaspartate A Unique Neuronal Molecule in the Central Nervous System /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Moffett, John R. (Editor), Tieman, Suzannah B. (Editor), Weinberger, Daniel R. (Editor), Coyle, Joseph T. (Editor), Namboodiri, Aryan M. A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 576
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Biomedicine.

N-acetylaspartate, or NAA, is the acetylated form of the amino acid aspartate, and it is present exclusively in the nervous system. Indeed, NAA is one of the most highly concentrated chemicals found in the brain of humans and animals, and yet the functions served by this brain-specific metabolite re...