Combining old with new: A novel approach to studying human brain metabolism

Tyler Blazey; Manu S. Goyal

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2025.04.031

Combining old with new: A novel approach to studying human brain metabolism

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In this issue of Neuron, Wang et al. provide a detailed assessment of the metabolites and lipids utilized by the whole human brain. They report that the brain consumes glucose, lactate, glutamate, and triglycerides while producing glutamine, pyruvate, and free fatty acids.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1651-1652
Number of pages	2
Journal	Neuron
Volume	113
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2025.04.031
State	Published - Jun 4 2025

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