Decreased glutamate metabolism in cultured astrocytes in the presence of thiopental

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1075-1080

  Qu, Hong ^a,b   Færø, Erik ^a   Jørgensen, Paal ^a   Dale, Ola ^a   Gisvold, Sven Erik ^a   Unsgård, Geirmund ^a   Sonnewald, Ursula ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Compartmentation; Glutamate metabolism; MR spectroscopy; Thiopental

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; LACTIC ACID; THIOPENTAL;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; THIOPENTAL;

EID: 0032799252     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(99)00175-6     Document Type: Article

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