2009
Altered Brain Mitochondrial Metabolism in Healthy Aging as Assessed by in vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Boumezbeur F, Mason GF, de Graaf RA, Behar KL, Cline GW, Shulman GI, Rothman DL, Petersen KF. Altered Brain Mitochondrial Metabolism in Healthy Aging as Assessed by in vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 2009, 30: 211-221. PMID: 19794401, PMCID: PMC2949111, DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2009.197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuronal mitochondrial metabolismHealthy agingBrain mitochondrial metabolismElderly subjectsYoung subjectsBrain functionBrain mitochondrial functionGlutamate-glutamine cyclingMitochondrial metabolismVivo magnetic resonance spectroscopyAge-related changesChronic reductionLabeling of glutamineGlutamate concentrationYoung volunteersBiologic basisMagnetic resonance spectroscopyMitochondrial functionMetabolismSubjectsIndividual subjectsResonance spectroscopyTricarboxylic acid cycleCycle fluxAging
2001
Decrease in GABA synthesis rate in rat cortex following GABA-transaminase inhibition correlates with the decrease in GAD67 protein
Mason G, Martin D, Martin S, Manor D, Sibson N, Patel A, Rothman D, Behar K. Decrease in GABA synthesis rate in rat cortex following GABA-transaminase inhibition correlates with the decrease in GAD67 protein. Brain Research 2001, 914: 81-91. PMID: 11578600, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02778-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal GAD activityGAD activityNon-treated control groupGABA-transaminase inhibitionNitrous oxide anesthesiaCortex of controlGlutamate-glutamine cyclingGlutamic acid decarboxylaseGABA synthesis rateGamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) synthesisVigabatrin treatmentOxide anesthesiaRat cortexGAD67 proteinControl groupBasal conditionsAcid decarboxylaseEx vivoNeuronal compartmentsVigabatrinQuantitative immunoblottingIsoform compositionRatsCortexInhibition