2015
Integrated, Step-Wise, Mass-Isotopomeric Flux Analysis of the TCA Cycle
Alves TC, Pongratz RL, Zhao X, Yarborough O, Sereda S, Shirihai O, Cline GW, Mason G, Kibbey RG. Integrated, Step-Wise, Mass-Isotopomeric Flux Analysis of the TCA Cycle. Cell Metabolism 2015, 22: 936-947. PMID: 26411341, PMCID: PMC4635072, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2015.08.021.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlcohol-Related DisordersAnimalsBrainEthanolGlutamic AcidGlycineMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMaleOxidation-ReductionRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyConceptsChronic 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
2010
Evaluation of Cerebral Acetate Transport and Metabolic Rates in the Rat Brain in vivo Using 1H-[13C]-NMR
Patel AB, de Graaf RA, Rothman DL, Behar KL, Mason GF. Evaluation of Cerebral Acetate Transport and Metabolic Rates in the Rat Brain in vivo Using 1H-[13C]-NMR. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 2010, 30: 1200-1213. PMID: 20125180, PMCID: PMC2879471, DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2010.2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
1999
Determination of the rate of the glutamate/glutamine cycle in the human brain by in vivo 13C NMR
Shen J, Petersen K, Behar K, Brown P, Nixon T, Mason G, Petroff O, Shulman G, Shulman R, Rothman D. Determination of the rate of the glutamate/glutamine cycle in the human brain by in vivo 13C NMR. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1999, 96: 8235-8240. PMID: 10393978, PMCID: PMC22218, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.14.8235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlutamate/glutamine cycleGlutamine cycleCerebral cortexMin/Rat cerebral cortexVivo 13C NMR spectraGlucose oxidation ratesHuman brainGlucose oxidationGlutamatergic activityRat modelTricarboxylic acid cycle rateParietal lobeHuman cortexCortexTime courseBrainGlutamine synthesisMajor metabolic fluxCycle rateTricarboxylic acid cycleHigh levelsInfusionRatsAcid cycle
1998
Functional Energy Metabolism:In vivo 13C-NMR Spectroscopy Evidence for Coupling of Cerebral Glucose Consumption and Gl utamatergic Neuronal Activity
Sibson N, Shen J, Mason G, Rothman D, Behar K, Shulman R. Functional Energy Metabolism:In vivo 13C-NMR Spectroscopy Evidence for Coupling of Cerebral Glucose Consumption and Gl utamatergic Neuronal Activity. Developmental Neuroscience 1998, 20: 321-330. PMID: 9778568, DOI: 10.1159/000017327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRat brain cortexGlucose metabolismBrain cortexNeurotransmitter cyclingTotal glucose oxidationGlutamatergic synaptic activityCerebral glucose consumptionCerebral glucose metabolismFunctional activityFunctional imaging methodsGlucose oxidationOxidative glucose metabolismGlutamate neurotransmitter cyclingSynaptic activityNeuronal activityMild anesthesiaGlutamine synthesisMammalian brainNeurotransmitter releaseGlutamate cyclingEEG activityAmmonia metabolismNeurophysiological basisDetoxification componentsVivo resultsStoichiometric coupling of brain glucose metabolism and glutamatergic neuronal activity
Sibson N, Dhankhar A, Mason G, Rothman D, Behar K, Shulman R. Stoichiometric coupling of brain glucose metabolism and glutamatergic neuronal activity. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1998, 95: 316-321. PMID: 9419373, PMCID: PMC18211, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.1.316.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlutamatergic neuronal activityGlutamate neurotransmitter cyclingNeuronal activityGln synthesisBrain glucose metabolismSynaptic glutamate releaseGlc metabolismGlutamate releaseRat cortexSynaptic activityGlucose metabolismNeuronal functionBrain activation studiesTricarboxylic acid cycleCortexMetabolismAcid cycleActivation studiesAstrocytesNeuronsActivity
1997
Oxidative Glucose Metabolism in Rat Brain During Single Forepaw Stimulation: A Spatially Localized 1H[13C] Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study
Hyder F, Rothman* D, Mason† G, Rangarajan A, Behar‡ K, Shulman R. Oxidative Glucose Metabolism in Rat Brain During Single Forepaw Stimulation: A Spatially Localized 1H[13C] Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 1997, 17: 1040-1047. PMID: 9346428, DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199710000-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original Research