Astrocytes and energy metabolism

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 64-69

  Prebil, Mateja ^a   Jensen, Jørgen ^c   Zorec, Robert ^a,b   Kreft, Marko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Celica Biomedical Sciences Center   (Slovenia)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; brain energy metabolism; glucose; glycogen

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOGEN; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; MICE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79953703452     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: 17444160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13813455.2010.539616     Document Type: Review

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