Activity of the lactate-alanine shuttle is independent of glutamate-glutamine cycle activity in cerebellar neuronal-astrocytic cultures

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 88-96

  Bak, Lasse K ^a   Sickmann, Helle M ^a   Schousboe, Arne ^a   Waagepetersen, Helle S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alanine; Ammonia; Astrocyte; Glutamatergic neuron; Lactate; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMMONIA; CELL EXTRACT; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ASTROCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ALANINE; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; MICE; NEURONS; TRITIUM;

EID: 12244310505     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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