Advances in Brain Energy Metabolism Research
A Special Issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989) belonging to the section "Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2027 | Viewed by 155
Editors
Interests: brain energy metabolism; glucose and lactate utilization; glycolysis; mito-chondrial function and disfunction; cerebral ischemia; neurodegeneration; neuroprotection; glioma neuron symbiosis
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Interests: physiology and metabolism; the lactate shuttle; the crossover concept
Interests: mitochondrial transport and energy metabolism; photomodulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The past four decades have ushered in many new discoveries in brain energy metabolism research. Many of these discoveries were made by utilizing new technologies and techniques, a variety of model systems, and several hypotheses. As expected, skepticism, debates, and disagreements have divided this very active research field, especially since the discovery that cerebral tissue and skeletal muscle could utilize lactate as an oxidative energy substrate for the mitochondrial production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Two recently published editorials highlight the disagreements among investigators of brain energy metabolism regarding the best approach to continuing research in this utmost important field. The aim of the present Special Issue is to solicit contributions from researchers in various sections of this field that may address, but are not limited to, the following topics: glycolysis; mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation; energy substrates and their transport (glucose, lactate, ketone bodies, GLUTs, MCTs); lactate shuttle; neuronal and astrocytic energy metabolism; exercise; appetite; the role of energy metabolism in brain disorders such as traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease, ALS, autism, and others; and methodologies in brain energy metabolism research. This Special Issue will accept case reports, commentaries, editorials, hypotheses, mini-reviews, methods, opinions, original research, perspectives, and reviews.
Prof. Dr. Avital Schurr
Prof. Dr. George A. Brooks
Prof. Salvatore Passarella
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- astrocytes
- brain energy
- glucose
- glucose transporter
- glycolysis
- lactate
- lactate shuttle
- monocarboxylate transporter
- neuron
- oxidative phosphorylation
- traumatic brain injury
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