Effects of ketone bodies on astrocyte amino acid metabolism

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 682-692

  Yudkoff, Marc ^a,b   Daikhin, Yevgeny ^a   Nissim, Ilana ^a   Grunstein, Renee ^a   Nissim, Itzhak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartate; Astrocytes; Epilepsy; GABA; Glutamate; Ketone bodies

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID; CITRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; KETONE BODY;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPILEPSY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWBORN; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030853393     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69020682.x     Document Type: Article

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