Evaluation of the importance of transamination versus deamination in astrocytic metabolism of [U-13C]glutamate

GLIA

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 160-168

  Westergaard, Niels ^a,c   Drejer, Joan ^a   Schousboe, Arne ^a   Sonnewald, Ursula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

13C NMR spectroscopy; Aminooxyacetic acid; Ammonia; Energy metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; DEAMINATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEAMINATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0030174754     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199606)17:2<160::AID-GLIA7>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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