Metabolism of ketone bodies by the brain

Annu Rev Med. 1973:24:271-80. doi: 10.1146/annurev.me.24.020173.001415.
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Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acetyltransferases / metabolism
  • Acidosis / metabolism
  • Age Factors
  • Animals
  • Brain / enzymology
  • Brain / metabolism*
  • Fatty Acids / metabolism
  • Glucose / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Hydroxybutyrates / metabolism
  • Ketone Bodies / blood
  • Ketone Bodies / metabolism*
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Starvation / metabolism
  • Sulfurtransferases / metabolism

Substances

  • Fatty Acids
  • Hydroxybutyrates
  • Ketone Bodies
  • Acetyltransferases
  • Sulfurtransferases
  • Glucose