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


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Mergenthaler, P. et al.
2013
Trends in Neuroscience

The mammalian brain uses glucose as a primary fuel for energy generation. This review presents a diagnosis on how glucose metabolism plays an essential role in the proper functioning of the brain, and how the alteration of normal glucose metabolism results in the presentation of mental disorders, or rather health implications. It is composed of a complete summary for the cooperation required between different systems and cell types, in order to understand how alterations in this cooperation lead to different types of diseases.
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