Dienel, Gerald A.

Sugar for the brain: the role of glucose in physiological and pathological brain function

Mergenthaler, P., Lindauer, U., Dienel, G. A., & Meisel, A. (2013) · Trends in Neurosciences

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchMetabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

Cited by 1,612

Energy metabolism in astrocytes: High rate of oxidative metabolism and spatiotemporal dependence on glycolysis/glycogenolysis

Hertz, L., Peng, L., & Dienel, G. A. (2007) · Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchMitochondrial Function and Pathology

Cited by 587

Brain lactate metabolism: the discoveries and the controversies

Dienel, G. A. (2012) · Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchAmino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism

Cited by 479

Cerebral oxygen/glucose ratio is low during sensory stimulation and rises above normal during recovery: excess glucose consumption during stimulation is not accounted for by lactate efflux from or accumulation in brain tissue

Madsen, P. L., Cruz, N. F., Sokoloff, L., & Dienel, G. A. (1999) · Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Cited by 174

Lack of appropriate stoichiometry: Strong evidence against an energetically important astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle in brain

Dienel, G. A. (2017) · Journal of Neuroscience Research

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism

Cited by 168

Astrocytes are poised for lactate trafficking and release from activated brain and for supply of glucose to neurons

Gandhi, G. K., Cruz, N. F., Ball, K. K., & Dienel, G. A. (2009) · Journal of Neurochemistry

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Cited by 162

Astrocytic contributions to bioenergetics of cerebral ischemia

Dienel, G. A., & Hertz, L. (2005) · Glia

Neuroprotection in Cerebral IschemiaNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 150

Fluxes of lactate into, from, and among gap junction-coupled astrocytes and their interaction with noradrenaline

Hertz, L., Gibbs, M. E., & Dienel, G. A. (2014) · Frontiers in Neuroscience

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchConnexins and lens biology

Cited by 58