Brain glycogen re-awakened

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 537-552

  Brown, Angus M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aglycaemia; Glucose; Glycogen; Insulin; Lactate

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN TISSUE; CONSCIOUSNESS; ENERGY RESOURCE; GLIA CELL; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 2042420664     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02421.x     Document Type: Review

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