-Lipoic Acid: Effect on Glucose Uptake, Sorbitol Pathway, and Energy Metabolism in Experimental Diabetic Neuropathy

Authors :: Kishi, Yutaka
Schmelzer, James D.
Yao, Jeffrey K.
Zollman, Paula J.
Nickander, Kim K.
Tritschler, Hans J.
Low, Phillip A.
Source :: Diabetes. October 1999, Vol. 48 Issue 10, 2045
Publication Year :: 1999
Abstract: The peripheral nerve of experimental diabetic neuropathy (EDN) is reported to be ischemic and hypoxic, with an increased dependence on anaerobic metabolism, requiring increased energy substrate stores. When glucose stores [...]

Subjects :: Complications and side effects
Physiological aspects
Development and progression
Energy metabolism -- Physiological aspects
Diabetes mellitus -- Complications and side effects -- Development and progression
Diabetic neuropathies -- Development and progression -- Complications and side effects
Bioenergetics -- Physiological aspects
Diabetes -- Complications and side effects -- Development and progression

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