Metabolic signaling by lactate in the brain

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 396-404

  Barros, L Felipe ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

Author keywords

astrocyte; glucose; glycolysis; HCAR1; NBCe1; neuron

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLYCOGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN METABOLISM; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY YIELD; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; NEURONS;

EID: 84879784427     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.04.002     Document Type: Review

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