Unraveling the complex metabolic nature of astrocytes

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Bouzier Sore, Anne Karine ^a   Pellerin, Luc ^b  

^a CNRS University Bordeaux Segalen   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerobic glycolysis; Astrocytes; Energy metabolism; Glucose; Glycogen; Lactate

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL ENERGY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL TYPE; ENERGY YIELD; EX VIVO STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENETIC SCREENING; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW;

EID: 84886811999     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00179     Document Type: Review

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