Ketosis proportionately spares glucose utilization in brain

The brain is dependent on glucose as a primary energy substrate, but is capable of utilizing ketones such as β-hydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate, as occurs with fasting, starvation, or chronic feeding of a ketogenic diet. The relationship between changes in cerebral metabolic rates of glucose (CMR(gl...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Yifan, Kuang, Youzhi, Xu, Kui, Harris, Donald, Lee, Zhenghong, LaManna, Joseph, Puchowicz, Michelle A
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3734783/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23736643
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jcbfm.2013.87
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