[Subcellular Biochemistry] Creatine and Creatine Kinase in Health and Disease Volume 46 || The Neuroprotective Role of Creatine

✍ Scribed by Salomons, Gajja S.; Wyss, Markus

• Book ID: 120033999
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 383 KB
• Edition: 2007
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 1402064853
• DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6486-9_11

✦ Synopsis

1. Introduction: Creatine: Cheap Ergogenic Supplement With Great Potential For Health And Disease / Theo Walliman -- 2. Early Evolution Of The Creatine Kinase Gene Family And The Capacity For Creatine Biosynthesis And Membrane Transport / W. Ross Ellington And Tomohiko Suzuki -- 3. The Creatine Kinase Phosphotransfer Network: Thermodynamic And Kinetic Considerations, The Impact Of The Mitochondrial Outer Membrane And Modelling Approaches / Valdur Saks [and Others] -- 4. Expression And Function Of Agat, Gamt And Ct1 In The Mammalian Brain / Olivier Braissant, Claude Bachmann And Hugues Henry -- 5. A Novel Relationship Between Creatine Transport At The Blood-brain And Blood-retinal Barriers, Creatine Biosynthesis, And Its Use For Brain And Retinal Energy Homeostasis / Masanori Tachikawa [and Others] -- 6. Functional Insights Into The Creatine Transporter / David L. Christie -- 7. In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Of Transgenic Mice With Altered Expression Of Guanidinoacetate Methyltransferase And Creatine Kinase Isoenzymes / Arend Heerschap [and Others] -- 8. Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes: Clinical Aspects, Treatment And Pathophysiology / Sylvia Stockler, Peter W. Schutz And Gajja S. Salomons -- 9. Pre-symptomatic Treatment Of Creatine Biosynthesis Defects / Andreas Schultze And Roberta Battini -- 10. Clinical Use Of Creatine In Neuromuscular And Neurometabolic Disorders / Mark A. Tarnopolsky -- 11. The Neuroprotective Role Of Creatine / Autumn M. Klein And Robert J. Ferrante -- 12. Ergogenic Effects Of Creatine In Sports And Rehabilitation / Peter Hespel And Wim Derave -- 13. Pharmacokinetics Of Creatine / Wesley Mccall And Adam M. Persky -- 14. Safety Of Creatine Supplementation / Adam M. Persky And Eric S. Rawson -- 15. Creatine: Its Chemical Synthesis, Chemistry, And Legal Status / Ivo Pischel And Thomas Gastner -- 16. Creatine And Creatine Kinase In Health And Disease: A Bright Future Ahead? / Markus Wyss [and Others]. Edited By Gajja S. Salomons And Markus Wyss. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.