Brain metabolism of exogenous pyruvate

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 284-293

  Gonzalez, Susana Villa ^a,b   Nguyen, Nga H T ^a   Rise, Frode ^b   Hassel, Bjørnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain energy metabolism; Fasting; Gluconeogenesis; Glucose; Liver; Pyruvate recycling

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CARBON 13; FLUOROACETIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; MALIC ACID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PYRUVATE SODIUM; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARBOXYLATION; CHEMICAL LABELING; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SEIZURE; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FASTING; FEMALE; FLUOROACETATES; GLUCOSE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LACTIC ACID; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALATES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PYRUVATES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25644441734     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03365.x     Document Type: Article

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