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Control of Carbohydrate Metabolism

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The brain as a tissue is distinguished from other tissues of the body by its relatively high metabolic rate, its almost complete dependence on carbohydrates for its sources of energy, and its capacity to respond rapidly and transiently to a requirement for increased energy expenditure when its electrically excitable cells are caused to fire. The tissue comprises about 3% of the total body weight, yet it utilizes something of the order of 25% of the total bodily consumption of glucose. The metabolic rate may be as high as 20 times the average for the body as a whole.

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Bachelard, H.S. (1970). Control of Carbohydrate Metabolism. In: Lajtha, A. (eds) Control Mechanisms in the Nervous System. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7163-6_1

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