Lactate transport and transporters: General principles and functional roles in brains cells

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 11-18

  Hertz, Leif ^a,c   Dienel, Gerald A ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Box 245 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Facilitated diffusion; Lactate transport; Metabolism driven uptake; Monocarboxylate transporters; Neurons

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; LACTIC ACID; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; PROTON; PYRUVIC ACID;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; SYNAPTOSOMES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12244295472     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20294     Document Type: Conference Paper

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