Lactate uptake by the injured human brain: Evidence from an arteriovenous gradient and cerebral microdialysis study

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 2031-2037

  Jalloh, Ibrahim ^a   Helmy, Adel ^a   Shannon, Richard J ^a   Gallagher, Clare N ^b   Menon, David K ^c   Carpenter, Keri L H ^a   Hutchinson, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

metabolism; microdialysis; traumatic brain injury (human)

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; OXYGENATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84890447871     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.2947     Document Type: Article

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