A new study from scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging has revealed a surprising player in the battle against Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia: brain sugar metabolism.

Neurons have an active glycogen metabolism that contributes to tolerance to hypoxia. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism , 2014; DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.33 Cite This Page : ...

Glycogen, a hyperbranched polymer of glucose, plays a central role as an energy reserve across diverse organisms. In Escherichia coli, its biosynthesis is linked not only to energy storage but ...

Abstract. Objectives: To investigate in glycolytic and oxidative muscles of trained (nine weeks) and untrained hyperglycaemic female rats the effect of hyperandrogenicity and/or endurance training on ...