Following the intracerebral administration of [35S]cystathionine, the synaptosome fraction of rat brain was labelled, the greatest uptake of amino acid being associated with hypothalamus. The uptake of [35S]cystathionine by synaptosome preparations isolated from different regions of brain, was typical of that exhibited by amino acids which are not neurotransmitters. Depolarization of the synaptic membrane had no effect on the efflux of [35S]cystathionine from preloaded synaptosomes. The intracerebral administration of cystathionine resulted in an elevation of the levels of brain cyclic AMP, the effect being particularly evident in the cerebellum. Attempts to reproduce this effect in vitro were unsuccessful.

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