Astrocytes: Glutamate producers for neurons

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 417-428

  Hertz, Leif ^a   Dringen, Ralf ^b   Schousboe, Arne ^c   Robinson, Stephen R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Brain; Glucose metabolism; Glutamate oxidation; Glutamate production; Neuronal astrocytic interactions

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CELL INTERACTION; GLIA CELL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; NEURONS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0033566731     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990815)57:4<417::AID-JNR1>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Review

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