Branched-Chain Amino Acids and Brain Metabolism

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1697-1709

  Sperringer, Justin E ^a   Addington, Adele ^a   Hutson, Susan M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOISOVALERATE DEHYDROGENASE (LIPOAMIDE); ALANINE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; VALINE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BRANCHED-CHAIN-AMINO-ACID TRANSAMINASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENETICS; MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSAMINASES; VALINE;

EID: 85017520445     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-017-2261-5     Document Type: Article

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