Brain glycogen - new perspectives on its metabolic function and regulation at the subcellular level

Frontiers in Neuroenergetics

Volumn , Issue MAR, 2012, Pages

  Obel, Linea F ^a   Müller, Margit S ^a   Walls, Anne B ^a   Sickmann, Helle M ^a   Bak, Lasse K ^a   Waagepetersen, Helle S ^a   Schousboe, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Glutamate; Glycogen phosphorylase; Glycogen shunt; Glycogen synthase; Microdomain; Neuron; Noradrenaline

Indexed keywords

CP 316 819; CYCLIC AMP; DIDEOXY 1,4 IMINO DEXTRO ARABINITOL; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; ISOFAGOMINE; NORADRENALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84861851223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnene.2012.00003     Document Type: Review

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