A to Z

glucose

Featured Neuroscience Neuroscience Videos Open Neuroscience Articles

·May 5, 2017·6 min read

“Exercise in a Pill” Boosts Athletic Endurance By 70 Percent

Chemical compound mimics the beneficial effects of exercise, including fat burning and increasing stamina, a new study reports.

Featured Neuroscience

·April 15, 2020·4 min read

A gut-to-brain circuit drives sugar preference and may explain sugar cravings

Sweet tasting foods don't only trigger the taste buds, they also switch on a neurological pathway that begins in the gut. In the intestines, signals of sugar ingestion travel to the brain, sparking an appetite for more sweet foods. However, this pathway only responds to sugars, not artificial sweeteners.

Featured Neurology

·May 26, 2016·4 min read

A Way to Measure Awareness, or Its Impending Return, in Brain Injury Patients

Researchers have discovered a new method that can predict a person's current level of awareness and whether they will recover awareness within a year of a TBI.

Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 3, 2020·4 min read

Aerobic exercise training linked to enhanced brain function

People with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's disease can benefit significantly from a six-month aerobic training program. Aerobic exercise helps improve brain glucose metabolism and executive function, in addition to increasing cardiorespiratory fitness.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 27, 2019·4 min read

ALS patients may benefit from more glucose

Using fruit fly models of ALS, researchers discover neurons given glucose transform the power source into energy, enabling them to survive longer and function better.

This image shows a drawing of a brain slice from a person with Alzheimer's.

Featured Neurology

·July 28, 2015·4 min read

Alzheimer’s Disease Could be Predicted by Specific Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Researchers focus on gray matter volume on three areas of the brain. Findings suggest cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity and diabetes could be early indicators for Alzheimer's disease.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 13, 2019·4 min read

An extra burger meal a day eats the brain away

Neurodegeneration sets in earlier for those with unhealthy diets and lifestyle choices.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 13, 2017·3 min read

Anti-Stress Compound Reduces Obesity and Diabetes Risk

A protein associated with anxiety and depression has been found to act as a link between the stress regulatory system and metabolic processes, research report.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·January 4, 2019·5 min read

Artificial Intelligence Can Detect Alzheimer’s in Brain Scans Six Years Before Diagnosis

A new machine learning algorithm was able to predict, with 98% accuracy, which patients would develop Alzheimer's disease, six years prior to diagnosis by analyzing PET brain scans.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 6, 2018·5 min read

Artificial Intelligence Predicts Alzheimer’s Years Before Diagnosis

A new convolutional neural network uses PET brain scans to detect biological signs of Alzheimer's disease years before the symptoms appear, researchers report.