Fluxes of lactate into, from, and among gap junction-coupled astrocytes and their interaction with noradrenaline

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Hertz, Leif ^a   Gibbs, Marie E ^b   Dienel, Gerald A ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate; Astrocyte; Lactate; Locus coeruleus; Memory; Monocarboxylic acid transporter; Neuron

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; NORADRENALIN;

ACIDIFICATION; ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL LEVEL; CEREBRAL METABOLIC RATE OF OXYGEN; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEMORY; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIUM;

EID: 84907951741     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00261     Document Type: Review

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