Cerebral Metabolism Following Traumatic Brain Injury: New Discoveries with Implications for Treatment

Because it is the product of glycolysis and main substrate for mitochondrial respiration, lactate is the central metabolic intermediate in cerebral energy substrate delivery. Our recent studies on healthy controls and patients following TBI using [6,6-2H2]glucose and [3-13C]lactate, along with cere...

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Main Authors: George A Brooks, Neil A Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2014.00408/full