The Risks of Hypoglycemia

[Eric]

@TiaG

But my guess is that the brain is probably the organ that is most robust to the effects of glucose starvation. I’ll dig around tonight.

Here is my post about that from a while ago:

Biochemistry - Glucose and your brain

There are a lot of different transporters for glucose that allow tissue to use it. I posted about GLUT4 recently. Today here is a little bit of information about the glucose transporter GLUT3, and why it is used by the brain. GLUT3 is most abundant in brain, kidney, and placenta. Let’s discuss the brain a little bit. Why does the brain use GLUT3 to get its glucose supply? What is it about GLUT3 that suits the needs of the brain and its high glucose demand? (Believe it or not, your brain uses …