Glucose Metabolism in the Brain (International Review of Neurobiology, 51) (International Review of Neurobiology)

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Studies of glucose metabolism in the brain reflect a dichotomy due to the fact that the complex, integrating functions of the brain can only be studied in the intact, functioning brain in the conscious individual (human or animal), whereas properties of brain cells, cell-cell interactions, and mechanisms are most readily evaluated in vitro under controlled conditions using brain slices, subcellular fractions or purified, isolated cells of different types.