Energy metabolism in astrocytes: High rate of oxidative metabolism and spatiotemporal dependence on glycolysis/glycogenolysis

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-249

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

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c Box 245 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetate; Glucose metabolism; Glutamate; Neurotransmitters; Potassium; Pyruvate carboxylation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION; PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CARBOXYLATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL RESPIRATION; DEHYDROGENATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FILOPODIUM; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 33846423878     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600343     Document Type: Review

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