1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154677603321

Autore

Gazan Sissel-Jo <1973->

Titolo

The arc of the swallow / / S.J. Gazan ; translated from the Danish by Charlotte Barslund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Quercus

ISBN

1-68144-550-6

Disciplina

839.813/74

Soggetti

Marhauge, Søren (Fictitious character)

Murder - Investigation - Denmark

Suspense fiction

Vaccination - Research

Murder - Investigation

Mentors - Fiction

Vaccination - Fiction

Murder - Investigation - Fiction

Fiction

Thrillers (Fiction)

Mystery fiction

Denmark

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Biology Ph.D. candidate Marie Skov is devastated when, on the same day as her mother's death, her mentor Kristian Storm apparently kills himself. Storm had been facing academic dishonesty charges, as well as heated criticism of his research on a vaccine for African children--that suggested the vaccine was causing more harm than it was preventing. Skov is skeptical that the death was a suicide. She knows Storm's research on the vaccine was sound, and learns that his on-site work in Guinea-Bissau was marred by intimidation, sabotaged data, and the suspicious death of another scientist. She also learns that in his final days, Storm felt he was being followed by a blue Ford with tinted



windows. Soon afterward, a blue Ford with tinted windows parks across from Skov's home. The police have no interest in re-examining the official narrative. But Marhauge shares Skov's desire for answers, and defies his superiors to help her investigate. They receive unlikely help from a Nobel Prize-winning rival of Storm's, and find themselves on a perilous trail that leads to Big Pharma and the World Health Organization.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910155331803321

Titolo

The Glutamate/GABA-Glutamine Cycle : Amino Acid Neurotransmitter Homeostasis / / edited by Arne Schousboe, Ursula Sonnewald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 416 p. 55 illus., 42 illus. in color.)

Collana

Advances in Neurobiology, , 2190-5215 ; ; 13

Disciplina

616.80072

Soggetti

Neurosciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to the Glutamate-Glutamine cycle -- Glucose, lactate, β-hydroxybutyrate, acetate, GABA, and succinate as substrates for synthesis of glutamate and GABA in the glutamine-glutamate/GABA cycle -- Anaplerosis for glutamate synthesis in the neonate and in adulthood -- Enzyme complexes important for the glutamate-glutamine cycle -- BCAA metabolism and NH3 homeostasis -- Glutaminases Vesicular Glutamate Uptake -- The glutamine transporters and their role in the Glutamate/GABA-Glutamine Cycle -- Glutamine Metabolism in Gliomas -- Oligodendrocytes: development, physiology and glucose metabolism -- Dysregulation of glutamate cycling mediates methylmercury-induced neurotoxicity -- Astroglia, glutamatergic transmission and psychiatric diseases -- Glutamine Synthetase: Role in Neurological Disorders -- The Glutamate – Glutamine Cycle in Epilepsy -- Index.



Sommario/riassunto

Fundamental biochemical studies of basic brain metabolism focusing on the neuroactive amino acids glutamate and GABA combined with the seminal observation that one of the key enzymes, glutamine synthetase is localized in astroglial cells but not in neurons resulted in the formulation of the term “The Glutamate-Glutamine Cycle.” In this cycle glutamate released from neurons is taken up by surrounding astrocytes, amidated by the action of glutamine synthetase to glutamine which can be transferred back to the neurons. The conversion of glutamate to glutamine is like a stealth technology, hiding the glutamate molecule which would be highly toxic to neurons due to its excitotoxic action. This series of reactions require the concerted and precise interaction of a number of enzymes and plasma membrane transporters, and this volume provides in-depth descriptions of these processes. Obviously such a series of complicated reactions may well be prone to malfunction and therefore neurological diseases are likely to be associated with such malfunction of the enzymes and transporters involved in the cycle. These aspects are also discussed in several chapters of the book. A number of leading experts in neuroscience including intermediary metabolism, enzymology and transporter physiology have contributed to this book which provides comprehensive discussions of these different aspects of the functional importance of the glutamate-glutamine cycle coupling homeostasis of glutamatergic, excitatory neurotransmission to basic aspects of brain energy metabolism. This book will be of particular importance for students as well as professionals interested in these fundamental processes involved in brain function and dysfunction.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910891647203321

Titolo

Amérindia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris : , : SELAF

ISSN

0221-8852

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Indians - Languages

Indians

Anthropological linguistics

Ethnolinguistique

Langues indiennes d'Amérique

Indiens d'Amérique

Indianentalen

Eskimotaal

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Molteplice

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

"Revue d'ethnolinguistique amérindienne."

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