Differential roles of alanine in GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 311-315

  Schousboe, A ^a   Sonnewald, Ursula ^b   Waagepetersen, Helle S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Ammonia; Astrocytes; Lactate; Metabolism; Transport

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMIDE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ASTROCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CEREBELLUM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GRANULE CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0038403903     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(03)00017-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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