β-Hydroxybutyrate fuels synaptic function during development. Histological and physiological evidence in rat hippocampal slices

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1121-1132

  Izumi, Yukitoshi ^a   Ishii, Kazumoto ^b   Katsuki, Hiroshi ^a   Benz, Ann M ^a   Zorumski, Charles F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Jonan Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypoglycemia; Ketone bodies; Suckling; Synaptic plasticity; Weaning

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; KETONE BODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032030911     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI1009     Document Type: Article

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