Astrocyte glycogen as an emergency fuel under conditions of glucose deprivation or intense neural activity

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 233-239

  Brown, Angus M ^a,b   Ransom, Bruce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Glycogen; Hypoglycemia; Lactate

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; POTASSIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WHITE MATTER;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POTASSIUM; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84939880533     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-014-9588-2     Document Type: Article

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