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Science 12 February 1960:
Vol. 131. no. 3398, pp. 412 - 414
DOI: 10.1126/science.131.3398.412
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Effects of Veratrine and Cocaine on Cerebral Carbohydrate-Amino Acid Interrelations

M. M. Kini 1 and J. H. Quastel 1

1 McGill-Montreal General Hospital Research Institute, Montreal, Canada

The rate of aerobic transformation of glucose-U-C14 into radioactive amino acids by slices of rat-brain cortex is greatly influenced by the K+/Ca++ ratio in the incubating medium. Protoveratrine has effects on the amino acid pattern resembling that due to an increase in the K+/Ca++ ratio. These effects are antagonized by cocaine and may be correlated with the neurophysiological activities of these drugs.

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