The effect of albumin on astrocyte energy metabolism is not brought about through the control of cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations but by free-fatty acid sequestration

GLIA

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Tabernero, Arantxa ^a   Medina, Ana ^a   Sánchez Abarca, Luis Ignacio ^a   Lavado, Eva ^a   Medina, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain; Ca2+; Development; Fatty acids; Hypoxia; Pyruvate dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; CALCIUM; FATTY ACID; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOSOL; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSOL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032889666     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(19990101)25:1<1::AID-GLIA1>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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