The effect of albumin on astrocyte energ
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Arantxa Tabernero; Ana Medina; Luis Ignacio Sánchez-Abarca; Eva Lavado; José M.
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Albumin is an important serum protein that under normal circumstances is not present in the brain. However, during development, under hypoxia, or after breakdown of the blood-brain barrier, albumin is found in the brain, where it is able to regulate energy metabolism. In this work the mechanism thro