A new study led by Northwestern University anthropologists has found that the brain of a five-year old uses twice as much glucose as that of a full-grown adult. The study helps to solve the long-standing mystery of why human children grow so slowly compared with our closest animal relatives. It shows that energy funneled to the brain dominates the human body's metabolism early in life and is likely the reason why humans grow at a pace more typical ...Tuesday, 26 August 2014
Glucose Requirements of the Brain are Very High During Childhood
A new study led by Northwestern University anthropologists has found that the brain of a five-year old uses twice as much glucose as that of a full-grown adult. The study helps to solve the long-standing mystery of why human children grow so slowly compared with our closest animal relatives. It shows that energy funneled to the brain dominates the human body's metabolism early in life and is likely the reason why humans grow at a pace more typical ...
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