Table 1 Blood-brain barrier uptake rates of glucose, oxygen, ammonia, cystine and essential amino acids; and carbon dioxide release rate (μmol/g tissue/min). The related references for the rates are given under "Parameters used in the stoichiometric model" section. A: Astrocytes, N: Neurons, CMR: Cerebral Metabolic Rate

From: Reconstruction and flux analysis of coupling between metabolic pathways of astrocytes and neurons: application to cerebral hypoxia