Sugar for the brain: the role of glucose in physiological and pathological brain function
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The mammalian brain depends upon glucose as its main source of energy, and tight regulation of glucose metabolism is critical for brain physiology. Consistent with its critical role for physiological brain function, disruption of normal glucose metabolism as well as its interdependence with cell death pathways forms the pathophysiological basis for many brain disorders. Here, we review recent advances in understanding how glucose metabolism sustains basic brain physiology. We synthesize these findings to form a comprehensive picture of the cooperation required between different systems and cell types, and the specific breakdowns in this cooperation that lead to disease.
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The brain consumes 20% of the body's oxygen and energy supplies.
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- Authors
- Mergenthaler, P., Lindauer, U., Dienel, G. A., & Meisel, A.
- Affiliations
- Stiftung Charité (DE)
- TUM Klinikum (DE)
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mergenthaler, Philipp
- Venue
- Trends in Neurosciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-10
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 587-597
- ISSN
- 0166-2236 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3900881
- OpenAlex
- W2048893204
- Cited by
- 1,612
- References
- 110
- Citations by year
- 2026: 125 · 2025: 172 · 2024: 194 · 2023: 196 · 2022: 173 · 2021: 188 · 2020: 153 · 2019: 117 · 2018: 102 · 2017: 97 · 2016: 51 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 3.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Trends in Neurosciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK081936, R01DK081936)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Keywords
- glucose metabolism, brain energy metabolism, brain physiology, brain disorders, cell death pathways, glucose regulation, neurodegeneration, brain energy supply
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain, Energy Metabolism, Glucose, Humans
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