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Neurons eat glutamate to stay alive

Neurons are thought to primarily rely on glucose to fuel mitochondrial metabolism. In this issue, Divakaruni et al. (2017. J. Cell Biol. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201612067) show that neurons are also happy to use glutamate. When neurons use this neurotransmitter, its concentration drops, thus pro...

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Autores principales: Fendt, Sarah-Maria, Verstreken, Patrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5379959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28298409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201702003

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