Simultaneous determination of the rates of the TCA cycle, glucose utilization, α-ketoglutarate/glutamate exchange, and glutamine synthesis in human brain by NMR

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 12-25

  Mason, Graeme F ^a,b   Gruetter, Rolf ^a   Rothman, Douglas L ^a   Behar, Kevin L ^a   Shulman, Robert G ^a   Novotny, Edward J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

13C Nuclear magnetic resonance; Brain metabolism; CMR(glc); CMRO2; Glutamine synthesis; Tricarboxylic acid cycle

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; KETOGENESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0028798036     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.1995.2     Document Type: Article

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