The entry of [1-13C]glucose into biochemical pathways reveals a complex compartmentation and metabolite trafficking between glia and neurons: A study by 13C-NMR spectroscopy

Brain Research

Volumn 765, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 218-227

  Aureli, Tommaso ^a   Di Cocco, Maria Enrica ^b   Calvani, Menotti ^a   Conti, Filippo ^b  

^a Sigma Tau SpA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

13C; Astrocyte; Brain; Compartmentation; Glucose; Neuron; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) cycle

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON; CARBON 13; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PYRUVIC ACID; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; FISCHER 344 RAT; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOASSAY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GLUCOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0030610504     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00514-3     Document Type: Article

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