Quantitative in silico analysis of neurotransmitter pathways under steady state conditions

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Calvetti, Daniela ^a   Somersalo, Erkki ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux balance analysis; GABA cycling; GABAergic; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Nitrogen metabolism

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SUCCINATE SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 84885406450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00137     Document Type: Article

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