Effects of diabetes on brain metabolism – is brain glycogen a significant player?

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 335-343

  Sickmann, Helle M ^a,b   Waagepetersen, Helle S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal models of diabetes; Energy and neurotransmitter metabolism; Glutamate glutamine cycle; Glycogen phosphorylase inhibitors; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; RAT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMANS; LACTATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; RATS;

EID: 84939881465     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-014-9546-z     Document Type: Article

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