The Glutamate/GABA-Glutamine Cycle : Amino Acid Neurotransmitter Homeostasis /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Schousboe, Arne. (Editor), Sonnewald, Ursula. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Advances in Neurobiology, 13
Subjects:
Table of 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.