May 8, 2012 / Astrocyte–neuron lactate shuttle, Energy Substrates, Lactate, Neuroscience FAQ, Q&A
Q&A and FAQ (archived) :: Ongoing Q&A :: Neuroscience Q&A and FAQ Question Hi: I've heard the brain uses lactate [which it obtains from glucose] for energy. Does this mean the
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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 30, 2011 / Alzheimer's, Glucose, Ketone bodies, Lactate
Chronic exposure to glucose due to the traditional Western diet impairs neuronal function and causes apoptosis (programmed neuronal death), concluded Drs Seneff & Wainwright (UK) and Mas
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November 25, 2011 / Glucose, Hormesis, Theories
Related article: Prescription-strength stress as a medicine The intermittent glycolysis during fasting, physical exercise, and stress may delay senescence by lowering intracellular concentration of m
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 9, 2011 / Alzheimer's, Neuroscience FAQ, Q&A, Parkinson's, Pyruvate
Q&A and FAQ (archived) :: Ongoing Q&A :: Neuroscience Q&A and FAQ Question I've read on WebMD that there's no evidence that anything can be done to fight off Alzheimer's disease. But I
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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 9, 2011 / Excitatory GABA, Ketone bodies, Lactate, Methodology, 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? What concentrations are physiolog
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June 4, 2011 / Brain metabolism, Energy Substrates, Excitatory GABA, Glucose, Ketone bodies, Lactate, Pyruvate
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May 23, 2011 / Astrocyte–neuron lactate shuttle, Lactate
In the Journal club section of the Journal of Neuroscience (written exclusively by graduate students or postdoctoral fellows), a review by C. Figley from Johns Hopkins University and Kennedy Krieger I
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May 7, 2011 / Applications, Energy Substrates, 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? Is glucose the absolutely exclus
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