Researchers at Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco (UCSF) have shed new light on exactly how neurons the cells that send electrical signals through the brain consume and metabolize glucose, as well as how these cells adapt to glucose shortages. These findings could have implications for understanding neurodegenerative diseases.
/PRNewswire/ The human brain has a sweet tooth, burning through nearly one quarter of the body s sugar energy, or glucose, each day. Now, researchers at.