They found that lactate is mandatory for demanding neural computation and cognitive task requiring high attentional load, while glucose is sufficient for lighter forms of activity-dependent long-term potentiation
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Reagents The following antibodies and their corresponding Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs) were used in this study: SLC25A39 (RRID: AB_2878095, AB_2605624), SLC25A40 (RRID: AB_1310678), AFG3L2 (RRID: AB_2637746, AB_1209606), HSP60 (RRID: AB_881444), -actin (RRID: AB_10950489), GAPDH (RRID: AB_307272), cleaved caspase-3 (RRID: AB_302962), cleaved caspase-9 (RRID: AB_2889070), cleaved PARP (RRID: AB_777102), HEY1 (RRID: AB_2576326), pro-caspase-3 (RRID: AB_2069711), pro-caspase-9 (RRID: AB_2809709), HES1 (RRID: AB_2546278), and NOTCH1 (RRID: AB_467579)
With about 36% of East Asians experiencing the flush, we're talking about a huge number of people who are unknowingly at higher risk