Chronic acetyl-l-carnitine alters brain energy metabolism and increases noradrenaline and serotonin content in healthy mice

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-107

  Smeland, Olav B ^a   Meisingset, Tore W ^a   Borges, Karin ^b   Sonnewald, Ursula ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adenosine nucleotide; ALCAR; Depression; Food supplement; Glucose; Metabolomics; Monoamines; NMR spectroscopy; Phosphocreatine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE; CARBON 13; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; DRINKING WATER; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; LEVACECARNINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN METABOLISM; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MONOAMINE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84861466928     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: 18729754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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