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Sugar for the brain: the role of glucose in physiological and pathological brain function
Trends in Neurosciences · 2013 · Vol. 36(10) · pp. 587–597
Philipp Mergenthaler✉(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)Ute Lindauer(Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology)Gerald A. Dienel(University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)Andreas Meisel(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
Diet and metabolism studiesDiet, Metabolism, and DiseasePancreatic function and diabetesBrain functionPathologicalNeuroscienceSugarFunction (biology)PsychologyMedicineBiologyInternal medicineBiochemistry
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AnimalsBrainEnergy MetabolismGlucoseHumans
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