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When neuroglycopenia - the lack of adequate glucose supply to the nervous system - occurs in the developing brain, thalamic and cortical metabolism mature aberrantly, causing epilepsy associated with other characteristic neurologic and behavioural disturbances, a pattern also reflected in functional images, as if there were a temporal window during which glucose were crucial for brain development. When maturation is complete, glucose merely serves as a fuel, and then, when deficient, it only causes unrelated disturbances. |
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