November 27, 2010 / Energy Homeostasis, Energy Substrates, Glucose, Ketone bodies, Neuroprotectors
Medium-Chain Fatty Acids Improve Cognitive Function and Support In Vitro Synaptic Transmission During Acute Hypoglycemia (1) The brain can use alternative fuels such as monocarboxylic acids, lactat
November 22, 2010 / Energy Substrates, Ethics in science, Neuroscience FAQ, Q&A
Original Q&A :: About these Q&A :: Other Q&A Q: Hi Tanya, It's Ingrid again, amused by my beloved topic of excitatory GABA, this time, at SFN 2010. I'm not fortunate enough to be t
November 22, 2010 / Energy Substrates, Excitatory GABA
The Epilepsy Currents journal, Volume 10, Issue 5, pages 128–130, September/October 2010, published an article titled "Another Look at Early GABAergic Neurotransmission: Maybe It's Not So Excitin
November 21, 2010 / Brain metabolism, Energy Substrates, Methodology
1. "The suppression of GDPs was strictly proportional to the fall in pH(i) caused by weak carboxylic acids (l-lactate, d-lactate, or propionate)" Source: Spontaneous Network Events Driven by Depol
November 19, 2010 / Neuroscience FAQ, Q&A
Original Q&A :: About these Q&A :: Other Q&A QUESTION: Hi,I've heard that scientists have recently done an experiment on brain.they've found that when we do an action,first the part
November 16, 2010 / Excitatory GABA, Glucose, Ketone bodies, Methodology, Pyruvate
“They teach us in our institutes that GABA is excitatory in the neonates, should we still believe it?" (Excitatory GABA scandal?) There was an interesting development in the Department of Neur
November 15, 2010 / Epilepsy, Glucose, Ketone bodies, Lactate, Neuroprotectors, Pyruvate
A few interesting articles about glucose, lactate, and pyruvate and their neuroprotective functions. J Neurochem. 2010 Feb 15 Chronic in vitro ketosis is neuroprotective but not anticonvulsant. Ma