Exogenous Glutamate Concentration Regulates the Metabolic Fate of Glutamate in Astrocytes

1 January 1996

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurochemistry

Vol. 66 (1) , 386-393
https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66010386.x

Abstract

The metabolic fate of glutamate in astrocytes has been controversial since several studies reported >80% of glutamate was metabolized to glutamine; however, other studies have shown that ha...

Keywords

13C NMR SPECTROSCOPY
[U-13C]-GLUTAMATE
ASTROCYTES
ENERGY METABOLISM
LACTATE
GLUTAMINE