Inverse relationship between brain glucose and ketone metabolism in adults during short-term moderate dietary ketosis: A dual tracer quantitative positron emission tomography study

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 2485-2493

  Courchesne Loyer, Alexandre ^a   Croteau, Etienne ^a   Castellano, Christian Alexandre ^a   St Pierre, Valérie ^a   Hennebelle, Marie ^a   Cunnane, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

acetoacetate; glucose; ketogenic diet; ketone; Metabolism; neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETATE C 11; ACETOACETIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KETONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; KETOACIDOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; KETOGENIC DIET; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; KETONES; KETOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85010947831     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271678X16669366     Document Type: Article

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