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This is the chemical structure of heparan sulfate

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·April 22, 2019·5 min read

Sugar entering the brain during septic shock causes memory loss

During sepsis, the body sheds fragments of heparan sulfate, which crossed the blood-brain barrier and enters the hippocampus. The presence of heparan sulfate in the hippocampus may cause memory loss associated with septic shock.