Characterization of primary and secondary cultures of astrocytes prepared from mouse cerebral cortex

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2043-2052

  Skytt, Dorte M ^a   Madsen, Karsten K ^a   Pajęcka, Kamilla ^a   Schousboe, Arne ^a   Waagepetersen, Helle S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP); Glucose and glutamate metabolism; Glutamate transporters; Glutamine synthetase (GS)

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBON 13; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NITROGEN 15; PYRUVIC ACID; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; GLYCOLYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 78651267809     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-010-0329-6     Document Type: Article

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