Functional energy metabolism: In vivo 13C-NMR spectroscopy evidence for coupling of cerebral glucose consumption and glutamatergic neuronal activity

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 321-330

  Sibson, Nicola R ^a   Shen, Jun ^a   Mason, Graeme F ^a   Rothman, Douglas L ^a   Behar, Kevin L ^a   Shulman, Robert G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metabolism; Functional activity; Glucose metabolism; Glutamate; Neurotransmitter cycling

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITROGEN;

ANESTHESIA; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN METABOLISM; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0031788836     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017327     Document Type: Conference Paper

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