Neuroenergetics: Calling Upon Astrocytes to Satisfy Hungry Neurons
- 1 February 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Neuroscientist
- Vol. 10 (1) , 53-62
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1073858403260159
Abstract
Classical neuroenergetics states that glucose is the exclusive energy substrate of brain cells and its full oxidation provides all the necessary energy to support brain function. Recent data have revealed a more intricate picture in which astrocytes play a key role in supplying lactate as an additional energy substrate in register with glutamatergic activity.Keywords
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