Glucose Metabolism in the Brain

ISBN: 9780123668523 出版年：2002 页码：570 Academic Press_Series

Regulation of glucose at the biochemical level affects every area of the brain, and has impact from cellular to behavioral brain function. It plays an important role in diseases such as diabetes, stroke, schizophrenia and drug abuse as well as in normal and dysfunctional memory and cognition. This volume represents a thorough examination of all the major issues that are relevant to glucose metabolism by brain cells in relation to disease, combining basic research and clinical findings in a single, indispensable reference.Serves as an essential reference on glucose metabolism in the brainPresents authoritative accounts by leading researchers in the fieldIncludes thorough reviews with provocative sections on future directions