Lactate as a pivotal element in neuron-glia metabolic cooperation

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 331-338

  Pellerin, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Energy metabolism; Lactate shuttle; Monocarboxylate transporter

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ELEMENT; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; KETONE BODY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; PYRUVIC ACID;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENERGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLIA; GLYCOLYSIS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MODEL; MOLECULE; MUSCLE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; ORGAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHWANN CELL; SYNAPSE; TESTIS;

EID: 0037727888     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(03)00020-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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