April 23, 2012 / Brain metabolism, Ketogenic diet, Neuroscience FAQ, Q&A, The selfish brain
Q&A and FAQ (archived) :: Ongoing Q&A :: Neuroscience Q&A and FAQ Question Hi Tanya, I've read your opinion article and a commentary on it by Dr Peters. Could you please expla
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January 6, 2012 / Brain metabolism, Energy Substrates, Methodology
Latest update: Critical State of Energy Metabolism in Brain Slices: The Principal Role of Oxygen Delivery and Energy Substrates in Shaping Neuronal Activity Part 1. "Sweet slices are fine"?
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December 1, 2011 / Glucose, Ketogenic diet, Ketone bodies, Ketosis, ketogenesis, Methodology
It is interesting that while the ketogenic diet becomes well researched as a method for improving energy metabolism during quite a few medical conditions and the number of original research articles
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November 17, 2011 / Brain metabolism, Energy Substrates, Ethics in science, Excitatory GABA, Lactate, Methodology, Neurodegenerative diseases, Neuroscience FAQ, Q&A
Related Q&A: "Y Ben-Ari writes that 'Zilberter and Bregestovski and colleagues' dealt with 'ketone body metabolites'. What does ketone body metabolite mean? " About this post 1. These quotes
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July 4, 2011 / Ethics in science, Ketosis, ketogenesis, Lactate, Neuroscience FAQ, Q&A
Q&A and FAQ (archived) :: Ongoing Q&A :: Neuroscience Q&A and FAQ Question: Hi Tanya, I am fascinated by development at the Faculty of 1000 started by Y. Ben-Ari. I couldn't contain
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June 4, 2011 / Brain metabolism, Energy Substrates, Excitatory GABA, Glucose, Ketone bodies, Lactate, Pyruvate
Part 1. "Sweet slices are fine"? Part 2. Energy substrates: too sour? Part 3. Let the neurons breathe! Part 4. "Physiological" concentrations: what and where? [caption id="" align="alignleft"
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March 16, 2011 / Brain metabolism, Neurodegenerative diseases
Related: Food sources of iodine Selected nutrients in foods Iodine plays an important role in the synthesis of thyroid hormones, which regulate the metabolic processes in the brain. Iodine deficien
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
October 15, 2010 / Brain metabolism, Dementia, Energy Substrates, Neuroprotectors
Twenty-five percent of individuals over 65 years of age have sufficient cognitive problems, short of dementia, to affect the quality of their lives (1, 2). The ability to learn consciously and recall
June 9, 2010 / Brain metabolism, Neuroprotectors, Parkinson's
Both hypervitaminosis D3 and hypovitaminosis D3 cause premature aging Vitamin D3 is not a vitamin because it is not biologically active as it is. However, without it, the body's hormonal system cant
May 23, 2010 / Brain metabolism
This post is updated and can be found on the page: On discrepancies of data from experiments on brain slices, in toto, and in vivo
April 8, 2010 / Brain metabolism, The hungry brain, Theories
We humans are what our ancestors ate At least this is what Doctors Eaton and Konner wrote in their article "Paleolithic Nutrition," published by the New England Journal of Medicine in 1985 and resu
March 17, 2010 / Brain metabolism, Theories
Read when and why glycolysis is harmful --> click here The choice of an energy pathway is dictated by the law of substrate along-term avilability in food The utilization of an energy source depen
March 1, 2010 / Brain metabolism, Glucose, Ketone bodies
February 17, 2010 / Ethics in science, Ketosis, ketogenesis, Methodology
The large categories of disease for which ketones may have therapeutic effects are: (1) diseases of substrate insufficiency or insulin resistance, (2) diseases resulting from free radical damage