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The brain is dependent on glucose for energy, and it requires glucose transporter proteins to facilitate the passage of glucose across the blood-brain barrier and across the plasma membranes of neurons and glia. Two glucose transporter isoforms, GLUT1 and GLUT3, have been identified in rat brain. GLUT1 is detected as a 55 kDa form associated with microvessels and a 45kDa form associated with microvessel-free cerebral membranes. GLUT3, the neuronal glucose transporter (2, 6) is expressed in most brain regions and the neurohypophysis (3).
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Maher, F., Simpson, I.A., Vannucci, S.J. (1993). Alterations in Brain Glucose Transporter Proteins, Glut1 and Glut3, in Streptozotocin Diabetic Rats. In: Drewes, L.R., Betz, A.L. (eds) Frontiers in Cerebral Vascular Biology. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 331. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2920-0_2
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