Sentences with phrase «brain glucose transport»

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Twenty - seven of these mutations were in proteins specifically associated with the nervous system, including transthyretin, which helps transport glucose across the blood - brain barrier, and microcephalin, which partly governs brain and head size.

One of the genes involved in feeding the big brain, called SLC2A1, builds a protein for transporting glucose from blood vessels into cells.

Normally, the carbohydrates contained in food are converted into glucose, which is then transported around the body and is particularly important in fuelling brain function.