Lack of appropriate stoichiometry: Strong evidence against an energetically important astrocyte–neuron lactate shuttle in brain

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2103-2125

  Dienel, Gerald A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain activation; glucose; lactate; metabolism; oxygen glucose index

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; GLUCOSE;

AEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SLICE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; NEURONS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 85011649822     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24015     Document Type: Review

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