β-Hydroxybutyrate in the Brain: One Molecule, Multiple Mechanisms

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 35-49

  Achanta, Lavanya B ^a,b   Rae, Caroline D ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain energy metabolism; Histone deacetylase inhibition: K+ channels; Ketone body metabolism

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CYTOKINE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 3; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 4; INFLAMMASOME; KETONE BODY; MALIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE);

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN REGION; COMBUSTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; KETOGENIC DIET; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84994460773     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-016-2099-2     Document Type: Article

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