The Glutamine–Glutamate/GABA Cycle: Function, Regional Differences in Glutamate and GABA Production and Effects of Interference with GABA Metabolism

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 402-409

  Walls, Anne B ^a   Waagepetersen, Helle S ^a   Bak, Lasse K ^a   Schousboe, Arne ^a   Sonnewald, Ursula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anaplerosis; Astrocytes; GABA; Glutamate; Glutamine; Neurons

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; FLUOROACETIC ACID; FLUOROCITRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CELL CULTURE; BRAIN CORTEX; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CEREBELLUM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; EX VIVO STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE;

EID: 84925533917     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-014-1473-1     Document Type: Review

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