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Volume 3 - 2011 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnene.2011.00004

Lactate Fuels the Neonatal Brain

  • Karl Kasischke1*corresponding author
  1. 1 Department of Neurology, Center for Neural Development and Disease, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY, USA
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Kasischke, K. (2011). Lactate Fuels the Neonatal Brain. Frontiers in Neuroenergetics, Volume 3. https://doi.org/
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*Correspondence: Karl Kasischke

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