book part or chapter
Glial Glycogen Metabolism
Squire, Larry
2009
Encyclopedia of Neuroscience
Glycogen represents the largest energy reserve of the brain and is almost quite exclusively localized in astrocytes. In the first part of this article, a summary of our knowledge concerning brain glycogen metabolism and its regulation is presented. The second part focuses on potential evidence that glycogen can serve as energy substrate during neuronal activation, as well as on the role of brain glycogen as an emergency reserve in case of insufficient energy supply. These data are discussed in reference to the emerging concept of neuron–glia metabolic interactions
Type
book part or chapter
Author(s)
Editors
Squire, Larry
Date Issued
2009
Publisher
Publisher place
Amsterdam
Published in
Encyclopedia of Neuroscience
ISBN of the book
978-0-08-045046-9
Start page
811
End page
818
Written at
EPFL
EPFL units
Available on Infoscience
April 11, 2016
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