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Lactate Transport and Metabolism in the Human Brain: Implications for the Astrocyte-Neuron Lactate Shuttle Hypothesis: Figure 1.

2011; Society for Neuroscience; Volume: 31; Issue: 13 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1523/jneurosci.6612-10.2011

1529-2401

Chase R. Figley,

Diet and metabolism studies

Lactate is the metabolic byproduct of glycolysis, a process that, despite being less efficient than the complete oxidation of glucose to carbon dioxide and water, occurs throughout the brain. Glycolytic metabolism increases dramatically in response to ischemic events, but even during periods of