Feeding versus infusion: A novel approach to study the NAA metabolism in rat brain

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 413-423

  Karelson, Gunnar ^a   Ziegler, André ^a   Künnecke, Basil ^a,b   Seelig, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

13C NMR; Amino acids; Brain metabolism; Feeding; Tricarboxylic acid cycle

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BRAIN; DNA; GLUCOSE; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEINS;

ISOTOPOMERS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CARBON 13; CREATINE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; UREA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRAIN METABOLISM; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347519132     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.845     Document Type: Article

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