2013
Oxidation of ethanol in the rat brain and effects associated with chronic ethanol exposure
Wang J, Du H, Jiang L, Ma X, de Graaf RA, Behar KL, Mason GF. Oxidation of ethanol in the rat brain and effects associated with chronic ethanol exposure. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 14444-14449. PMID: 23940368, PMCID: PMC3761635, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1306011110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic ethanol exposureEthanol-naïve ratsAlcohol exposureEthanol exposureAdult male Sprague-Dawley ratsMale Sprague-Dawley ratsMin/Chronic alcohol exposureCerebral glucose metabolismAcute alcohol exposureEthanol-treated ratsSprague-Dawley ratsCortical astrogliaOverall oxidative metabolismRat brainGlucose metabolismRatsRoom airLiving brainAstrogliaSubcortical tissueOxidative metabolismNeuronsBrainOxidative damage
2006
Increased Brain Monocarboxylic Acid Transport and Utilization in Type 1 Diabetes
Mason GF, Petersen KF, Lebon V, Rothman DL, Shulman GI. Increased Brain Monocarboxylic Acid Transport and Utilization in Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes 2006, 55: 929-934. PMID: 16567513, PMCID: PMC2995526, DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.55.04.06.db05-1325.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 1 diabetesDiabetic subjectsControl subjectsType 1 diabetic subjectsInsulin-induced hypoglycemiaNondiabetic control subjectsMonocarboxylic acid transportBrain utilizationSimilar twofold increaseBrain energeticsHypoglycemiaType 1DiabetesOxidative metabolismNonglucose substratesBrainMetabolic substratesUpregulationPatientsAcid transportTwofold increaseSubjectsMagnetic resonance spectroscopyLactateMetabolism
2001
Differential increase in cerebral cortical glucose oxidative metabolism during rat postnatal development is greater in vivo than in vitro
Novotny E, Ariyan C, Mason G, O’Reilly J, Haddad G, Behar K. Differential increase in cerebral cortical glucose oxidative metabolism during rat postnatal development is greater in vivo than in vitro. Brain Research 2001, 888: 193-202. PMID: 11150475, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(00)03051-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlucose oxidative metabolismNeocortical slicesOxidative metabolismRat postnatal developmentCortical glutamateCerebral cortexCortex maturesPostnatal dayPostnatal developmentAge groupsCortexMitochondrial TCA cycleGreater increaseVivoGlucose oxidationTCA cycle fluxDifferential increaseAcid extractsMetabolismSlicesDeafferentiationCycle fluxRats