In vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies of the relationship between the glutamate-glutamine neurotransmitter cycle and functional neuroenergetics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1387, 1999, Pages 1165-1177

  Rothman, Douglas L ^a   Sibson, Nicola R ^a,c   Hyder, Fahmeed ^a   Shen, Jun ^b   Behar, Kevin L ^a   Shulman, Robert G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutamate glutamine cycle; In vivo 13C NMR; Neuroenergetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033615021     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0472     Document Type: Article

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