Uptake of Ascorbic Acid in the Nervous System

DISTRIBUTION AND UPTAKE OF ASCORBIC ACID IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 

Although ascorbic acid is found throughout the nervous system, the concentrations vary between brain regions (Oke et aL, 1987). The normal range for ascorbic acid concentration in the mature cerebral cortex is estimated to be 1-3 mM in the 

Hiroshi Katsuki Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan. 

Subcellular Biochemistry, Volume 25 Ascorbic Acid Biochemistry and Biomedical Cell Biology, edited by J. Robin Harris. Plenum Press, New York, 1996. 

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