Modeling the glutamate-glutamine neurotransmitter cycle

Frontiers in Neuroenergetics

Volumn , Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Shen, Jun ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate; CNS; Glucose metabolism; Glutamate; Glutamine; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Metabolic modeling

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; CARBON 13; CITRATE SYNTHASE; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CELL CULTURE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; GLUCOSE INFUSION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLISM; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REVIEW;

EID: 84884274651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnene.2013.00001     Document Type: Review

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