Posts Tagged in vivo

November 22, 2010 / Energy Substrates, Excitatory GABA

Excitatory GABA: “Maybe It’s Not So Exciting After All!”

The Epilepsy Currents journal, Volume 10, Issue 5, pages 128–130, September/October 2010, published an article titled "Another Look at Early GABAergic Neurotransmission: Maybe It's Not So Excitin

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September 20, 2010 / Excitatory GABA, Methodology, Neuroscience FAQ, Q&A

How does GABA behave in the intact brain?

Original Q&A :: About these Q&A :: Other Q&A Q: Dr. Zilberter, In your post at brainfuels.com, you cited several researchers and the closing phrase was: "The work undermined the role

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July 31, 2010 / Astrocyte–neuron lactate shuttle, Lactate, Methodology

Comparison of lactate kinetics in vitro and in vivo is to be done

Glucose is an energy source for both neurons and glia in the adult brain but lactate, one of the monocarboxylic acids, being converted from pyruvate in astrocytes and supplied to neuron ("astrocyte-ne

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July 19, 2010 / Energy Homeostasis, Energy Substrates, Excitatory GABA, Methodology

Neuronal activity in vitro and the in vivo reality

In the brain, neuronal electrical activity and intricate metabolic energy provisions are closely related. Although both functions have been painstakingly researched by electrophysiologists and biochem

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June 19, 2010 / Astrocyte–neuron ketone shuttle, Astrocyte–neuron lactate shuttle, Energy Homeostasis, Energy Substrates, Excitatory GABA, Methodology

Studies of GABA action: in vivo, in toto, and in vitro

On discrepancies of data from experiments on brain slices, in toto, and in vivo Let's start with the fundamental differences between environments depending on the types of experiments. (See Commenta

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