The glutamate/GABA-glutamine cycle : amino acid neurotransmitter homeostasis /: amino acid neurotransmitter homeostasis. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Arne Schousboe, Ursula Sonnewald, editors.
• Other Names: Schousboe, Arne; Sonnewald, Ursula
• Contents: ​Introduction to the Glutamate-Glutamine cycle.- Glucose, lactate, β-hydroxybutyrate, acetate, GABA, and succinate as substrates for synthesis of glutamate and GABA in the glutamine-glutamate/GABA cycle.- Anaplerosis for glutamate synthesis in the neonate and in adulthood.- Enzyme complexes important for the glutamate-glutamine cycle.- BCAA metabolism and NH3 homeostasis.- Glutaminases Vesicular Glutamate Uptake.- The glutamine transporters and their role in the Glutamate/GABA-Glutamine Cycle.- Glutamine Metabolism in Gliomas.- Oligodendrocytes: development, physiology and glucose metabolism.- Dysregulation of glutamate cycling mediates methylmercury-induced neurotoxicity.- Astroglia, glutamatergic transmission and psychiatric diseases.- Glutamine Synthetase: Role in Neurological Disorders.- The Glutamate – Glutamine Cycle in Epilepsy.- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (420)
• Subjects: 612/.01575; 610; Glutamic acid; Neurotransmitters; Glutamic acid; Neurotransmitters; Glutamic Acid; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319450964; 3319450964
• Related ISBNs: 9783319450940; 3319450948
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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