title: NMDA Receptors: Power Switches for Oligodendrocytes.
abstract: The role of NMDA receptors in oligodendrocytes has been controversial. A new paper (Saab et al., 2016) suggests they play a key role in regulating glucose uptake in response to axonal glutamate release, thus controlling metabolic cooperation between oligodendrocytes and axons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
authors.forename: Anna M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Krasnow
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Electronic address: d.attwell@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Attwell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000378:metabolism*; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D002118:Calcium