Quantification of the GABA shunt and the importance of the GABA shunt versus the 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase pathway in GABAergic neurons

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1511-1518

  Hassel, Bjørnar ^a   Johannessen, Cecilie U ^a   Sonnewald, Ursula ^b   Fonnum, Frode ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

GABA; GABA shunt 2 Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase; Glutamate; Glutamine; Neuron glia interaction

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLIA; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; GILA; GOES;

EID: 0031659606     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71041511.x     Document Type: Article

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