Exogenous glutamate concentration regulates the metabolic fate of glutamate in astrocytes

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 386-393

  McKenna, Mary C ^a   Sonnewald, Ursula ^b   Huang, Xueli ^a   Stevenson, Joseph ^a   Zielke, H Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

13C NMR spectroscopy; Astrocytes; Energy metabolism; Glutamine; Lactate; U 13C Glutamate

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030061356     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66010386.x     Document Type: Article

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