The cost of communication in the brain
Imaging ATP in axons reveals that they rely on glucose from the blood and lactate produced by glial cells as sources of energy.
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| author | Brian A MacVicar Leigh Wicki-Stordeur Louis-Philippe Bernier |
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| description | Imaging ATP in axons reveals that they rely on glucose from the blood and lactate produced by glial cells as sources of energy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a31365fe808422984724c6d2cd13a0d2022-12-22T04:32:28ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2017-05-01610.7554/eLife.27894The cost of communication in the brainBrian A MacVicar0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4596-4623Leigh Wicki-Stordeur1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3235-4108Louis-Philippe Bernier2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5063-2338Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CanadaDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CanadaDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CanadaImaging ATP in axons reveals that they rely on glucose from the blood and lactate produced by glial cells as sources of energy.https://elifesciences.org/articles/27894ATPaxonmyelinimagingmetabolismbrain |
| spellingShingle | Brian A MacVicar Leigh Wicki-Stordeur Louis-Philippe Bernier The cost of communication in the brain eLife ATP axon myelin imaging metabolism brain |
| title | The cost of communication in the brain |
| title_full | The cost of communication in the brain |
| title_fullStr | The cost of communication in the brain |
| title_full_unstemmed | The cost of communication in the brain |
| title_short | The cost of communication in the brain |
| title_sort | cost of communication in the brain |
| topic | ATP axon myelin imaging metabolism brain |
| url | https://elifesciences.org/articles/27894 |
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