Glucose and lactate utilization by the amygdala of male and female rats

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1583-1588

  Rasia Filho, Alberto A ^a   Fin, Cyntia A ^a   Alves, Marcelle ^a   Possa, Marianne A ^a   Roehrig, Cintia ^b   Feoli, Ana Maria ^b   Silva, Luciane ^b   Perry, Marcos L S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid complex; Brain metabolism; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; LIPID; OXYGEN; SEX HORMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; LACTIC ACID UTILIZATION; LIPOGENESIS; MALE; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036916547     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021666406738     Document Type: Article

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