Brain amino acid requirements and toxicity: The example of leucine

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Yudkoff, Marc ^a   Daikhin, Yevgeny ^a   Nissim, Ilana ^a   Horyn, Oksana ^a   Luhovyy, Bogdan ^a   Lazarow, Adam ^a   Nissim, Itzhak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Brain metabolism; Glutamate; Inborn errors of metabolism; Leucine; Maple syrup urine disease

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 2 OXOISOCAPROIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); AMINO ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CALCIUM ION; CARBOXYLYASE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; LEUCINE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); MALIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PYRUVIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXCITOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 20344383257     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.6.1531s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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