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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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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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 4, 2011 / Theories of Mind
Q&A and FAQ (archived) :: Ongoing Q&A :: Neuroscience Q&A and FAQ QUESTION: Hello. I have a question that is somewhat difficult to categorize, but I had thought if anyone co
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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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April 13, 2011 / Methodology, Theories of Mind
The word placebo initially meant "I will please": "Placebo Domino in regione vivorum" ("I shall please the Lord in the land of the living," referring to the Latin translation of the Bible by Jerome,
March 3, 2011 / Neuroscience FAQ, Q&A, Theories of Mind
About these Q&A :: Q&A Category Question Is it true that if humans learned to use all of the brain, we could carry on as just energy? What I mean is, could brains function without a body?
February 1, 2011 / Methodology, Theories of Mind
Related: Schrödinger’s One Mind :: Non-local mind bibliography The theory of mind presumes that we can only imagine that others have a mind because we have no direct access to the mind of anothe
January 4, 2011 / Theories, Theories of Mind
"I should say: the overall number of minds is just one.” -- Erwin Schrödinger Erwin Schrödinger, one of the founder of modern physics, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1933 for his revolutionary
January 4, 2011 / Theories, Theories of Mind
S R Hameroff. Quantum coherence in microtubules: A neural basis for emergent consciousness? - Journal of Consciousness Studies, 1994 S R Hameroff. Conscious events as orchestrated space-time se
December 18, 2010 / Intrinsic brain activity, Neuroscience FAQ, Q&A, Theories
Original Q&A :: About these Q&A :: Other Q&A Question Dr Zilberter, I heard about a new for me branch of neurosciences, neurotheology. What is it, who are the researchers, scientists
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