Metabolic and regulatory roles of leucine in neural cells

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-284

  Murín, Radovan ^a   Hamprecht, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain enzymes; Energy metabolism; Glutamate glutamine cycle; Ketone bodies; Leucine catabolism

Indexed keywords

2 OXOACID DEHYDROGENASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA METHYLCROTONOYL COENZYME A HYDRATASE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A LYASE; ISOVALERYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; LEUCINE; LIGASE; METHYLCROTONOYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDEMIA; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LEUCINE; NEURONS;

EID: 38349135662     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-007-9444-4     Document Type: Article

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