Correlation of blood and brain amino acids in hypoglycemic and normoglycemic rats.
Utilization of gluconeogenic amino acids as a source of energy by brain can occur in starved newborn rats. This capacity is lost later in life as evidenced by changing ratios in blood and brain concentrations between fed and fasted animals.
D000367:Age Factors; D000409:Alanine / Q000378:metabolism; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005971:Glutamates / Q000378:metabolism; D005973:Glutamine / Q000378:metabolism; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013217:Starvation
D000596:Amino Acids; D001786:Blood Glucose; D005971:Glutamates; D005973:Glutamine; D005947:Glucose; D000409:Alanine