Synthesis of vesicular GABA from glutamine involves TCA cycle metabolism in neocortical neurons

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 342-349

  Waagepetersen, Helle S ^a   Sonnewald, Ursula ^b   Larsson, Orla M ^a   Schousboe, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Glucose; Glutamate; Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CELL EXTRACT; GLUTAMINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID METABOLISM; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; FUMARATES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUTAMINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0033179460     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990801)57:3<342::AID-JNR6>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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