Cerebral energy metabolism, glucose transport and blood flow: Changes with maturation and adaptation to hypoglycaemia

Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-29

  Nehlig, A ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

cerebral blood flow; cerebral glucose; cerebral glucose transporters; cerebral maturation; hypoglycaemia; utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW;

EID: 0031045857     PISSN: 03381684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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