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ReviewFrontiers in integrative neuroscience2016

The Role of Lactate-Mediated Metabolic Coupling between Astrocytes and Neurons in Long-Term Memory Formation.

Michael Q Steinman, Virginia Gao, Cristina M Alberini

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Review in Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Michael Q SteinmanCenter for Neural Science, New York University New York, NY, USA.
Virginia GaoCenter for Neural Science, New York University New York, NY, USA.
Cristina M AlberiniCenter for Neural Science, New York University New York, NY, USA.

Funding

Astrocytic-neuronal mechanisms in memory formation and cognitive impairmentsR01MH100822 · NIMH · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI ALBERINI, CRISTINA M · 2013 to 2017
$2.5M
The role of astrocytes in memory consolidationF30MH098570 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI GAO, VIRGINIA · 2012 to 2015
$146k
NIMH NIH HHS F30 MH098570NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH100822
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term memory formation, the ability to retain information over time about an experience, is a complex function that affects multiple behaviors, and is an integral part of an individual's identity. In the last 50 years many scientists have focused their work on understanding the biological mechanisms underlying memory formation and processing. Molecular studies over the last three decades have mostly investigated, or given attention to, neuronal mechanisms. However, the brain is composed of different cell types that, by concerted actions, cooperate to mediate brain functions. Here, we consider some new insights that emerged from recent studies implicating astrocytic glycogen and glucose metabolisms, and particularly their coupling to neuronal functions via lactate, as an essential mechanism for long-term memory formation.

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astrocyteglucoseglucose metabolismlactatelearningmemoryneuron

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PMID26973477
PMCPMC4776217

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