ArticleNeurochemical research2013
K+ homeostasis in the brain: a new role for glycogenolysis.
Article in Neurochemical research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- A Bird's-Eye View of Glycolytic Upregulation in Activated Brain: The Major Fate of Lactate Is Release From Activated Tissue, Not Shuttling to Nearby Neurons.Journal of neurochemistry · 2025Review
- Astrocytic glycogen-derived lactate fuels the brain during exhaustive exercise to maintain endurance capacity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017Article
- Brain Glycogen Decreases During Intense Exercise Without Hypoglycemia: The Possible Involvement of Serotonin.Neurochemical research · 2015Article
- Chronic SSRI stimulation of astrocytic 5-HT2B receptors change multiple gene expressions/editings and metabolism of glutamate, glucose and glycogen: a potential paradigm shift.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2015Review
- Regulatory mechanisms for glycogenolysis and K+ uptake in brain astrocytes.Neurochemistry international · 2013Review
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Abstract
The results of the study of Xu and colleagues in this issue constitute a critical new piece of information on the functional specialization of astrocytes for K(+) homeostasis in the brain. The relationship between astrocytes and potassium has been long recognized in half a century of research. Now this relation appears to have found its metabolic correlate in astrocytic glycogen. Xu et al. showed that glycogen is committed to fuel astrocytic K(+) uptake, as this process is abolished when glycogenolysis is inhibited even in the presence of glucose. They went further by showing that the cellular mechanisms which selectively mobilize glycogen involve the participation of several intracellular signaling cascades. As with all good science, these findings generate a number of fundamental questions that are open for experimental research.
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