Mild experimental ketosis increases brain uptake of 11C-acetoacetate and 18 F - fluorodeoxyglucose: A dual-tracer pet imaging study in rats

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 51-58

  Pifferi, Fabien ^a,c   Tremblay, Sébastien ^a,b   Croteau, Etienne ^b   Fortier, Mélanie ^a   Tremblay Mercier, Jennifer ^a   Lecomte, Roger ^b   Cunnane, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UMR CNRS MNHN 7179   (France)

Author keywords

Acetoacetate; GLUT1; Ketone bodies; MCT1; PET

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; CARBON ACETOACETIC ACID C 11; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLYCEROL; INSULIN; KETONE; LACTIC ACID; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 1; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KETOGENIC DIET; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79957963820     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1476830510Y.0000000001     Document Type: Article

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