Glucose Utilization as Functional Activity

The presence of glycogen within cerebral tissue provides an alternative 

The oxidation of ketone bodies in the CNS represents one of the few energy-generating processes capable of replacing aerobic catabolism of glucose (Sokoloff, 1973 Hawkins et ai, 1971 Hawkins and Biebuyck, 

Environmental and Systemic Factors Influencing Cerebral Glucose Utilization 

In a similar context, it should be noted that metabolic acidosis can produce marked, generalized depression of glucose utilization within the CNS (Kuschinsky et al, 1981), although this would be an unlikely occurrence in most neuropharmacological studies. 

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