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Astrocytic and neuronal oxidative metabolism are coupled to the rate of glutamate-glutamine cycle in the tree shrew visual cortex

Rolf Gruetter, Nathalie Just, Sarah Catherine Sonnay, Gregor Rainer, João Miguel das Neves Duarte, Anne Catherine Clerc

Astrocytes play an important role in glutamatergic neurotransmission, namely by clearing synaptic glutamate and converting it into glutamine that is transferred back to neurons. The rate of this glutamate–glutamine cycle (VNT) has been proposed to couple t ...

Wiley-Blackwell2018

Coupling of the glutamate-glutamine cycle rate with both glial and neuronal oxidative metabolism in the visual cortex of the Tupaia belangeri

Rolf Gruetter, Nathalie Just, João Miguel das Neves Duarte, Sarah Catherine Sonnay, Anne Catherine Clerc

Sage Publications Inc2017

Investigating the Role of Glutamate and GABA in the Modulation of Transthalamic Activity: A Combined fMRI-fMRS Study

Nathalie Just, Sarah Catherine Sonnay

The Excitatory-Inhibitory balance (EIB) between glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons is known to regulate the function of thalamocortical neurocircuits. The thalamus is known as an important relay for glutamatergic and GABAergic signals ascending/descending ...

Frontiers Media Sa2017

Energy metabolism in the rat cortex under thiopental anaesthesia measured

Rolf Gruetter, Nathalie Just, João Miguel das Neves Duarte, Sarah Catherine Sonnay

Barbiturates, commonly used as general anaesthetics, depress neuronal activity and thus cerebral metabolism. Moreover, they are likely to disrupt the metabolic support of astrocytes to neurons, as well as the uptake of nutrients from circulation. By employ ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Lactate and Glutamate dynamics during prolonged stimulation of the rat barrel cortex suggest adaptation of cerebral glucose and oxygen metabolism

Nathalie Just, João Miguel das Neves Duarte, Sarah Catherine Sonnay

A better understanding of BOLD responses stems from a better characterization of the brain’s ability to metabolize glucose and oxygen. Non-invasive techniques such as functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy (fMRS) have thus been developed allowing for t ...

Elsevier2017

T1 mapping of the mouse brain following fractionated manganese administration using MP2RAGE

Nathalie Just, Florent Eggenschwiler, Mario Gaetano Lepore, Olivier Benoit Thomas Reynaud, Carola Jaquelina del Carmen Romero, Luc Driencourt

With the increasing development of transgenic mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases allowing improved understanding of the underlying mechanisms of these disorders, robust quantitative mapping techniques are also needed in rodents. MP2RAGE has shown g ...

Springer Heidelberg2017

Rates oxidative metabolism in astrocytes and neurons are coupled to the glutamate-glutamine cycle in the tree shrew visual cortex

Rolf Gruetter, Nathalie Just, João Miguel das Neves Duarte, Sarah Catherine Sonnay, Anne Catherine Clerc

Wiley2017

Compartmentalised energy metabolism supporting glutamatergic neurotransmission in response to increased activity in the rat cerebral cortex: A 13C MRS study in vivo at 14.1 T

Rolf Gruetter, Nathalie Just, João Miguel das Neves Duarte, Sarah Catherine Sonnay

Many tissues exhibit metabolic compartmentation. In the brain, while there is no doubt on the importance of functional compartmentation between neurons and glial cells, there is still debate on the specific regulation of pathways of energy metabolism at di ...

Nature Publishing Group2016

Effects of paternal and peripubertal stress on aggression, anxiety, and metabolic alterations in the lateral septum

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Nathalie Just, Maria Isabel Cordero Campana, Guillaume Poirier

Early-life stress and biological predispositions are linked to mood and personality disorders related to aggressive behavior. We previously showed that exposure to peripubertal stress leads to increased anxiety-like behaviors and aggression against males a ...

2016

Imaging of prolonged BOLD response in the somatosensory cortex of the rat

Rolf Gruetter, Nathalie Just, João Miguel das Neves Duarte, Sarah Catherine Sonnay

Blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) functional MRI is a widely employed methodology in experimental and clinical neuroscience, although its nature is not fully understood. To gain insights into BOLD mechanisms and take advantage of the new functional ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015