Effects of a Low-Voltage Static Electric Field on Energy Metabolism in Astrocytes

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-80

  Huang, Rong ^a,b   Peng, Liang ^a,c   Hertz, Leif ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Astrocytoma; Electromagnetic field; Energy metabolism; Glycolysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; D.C. ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXPOSED TO; GLIAL CELLS; GLYCOLYSIS; LOW VOLTAGES; PRIMARY CULTURE; STATIC ELECTRIC FIELDS;

POLARIZATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); DEOXYGLUCOSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DEOXYGLUCOSE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; MICE; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE;

EID: 0030637115     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1997)18:1<77::AID-BEM11>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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