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ReviewDiabetologia2025

Measurement of brain glucose metabolism in obesity and diabetes.

Janice J Hwang, Jason Bini, Renata Belfort-DeAguiar

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Review in Diabetologia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Janice J HwangDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Janice_hwang@med.unc.edu.
Jason BiniYale PET Center, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Jason.bini@yale.edu.
Renata Belfort-DeAguiarDivision of Diabetes, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA. belfortda@uthscsa.edu.

Funding

The impact of obesity on cerebral glucose transport and metabolismR01DK123227 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HWANG, JANICE JIN · 2020 to 2024
$2.5M
Direct measurement of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11beta-HSD1) enzyme levels in obesity using a novel positron emissiontomography radioligandK01DK118005 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BINI, JASON · 2019 to 2023
$848k
Positron emission tomography to characterize beta cell mass in individuals from multiple stages in the progression of type 1 diabetesR03DK135445 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BINI, JASON · 2023 to 2023
$168k
NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK118005NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK123227NIDDK NIH HHS R03 DK135445NIH-NIDDK K01DK118005NIH-NIDDK R01DK123227
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The brain consumes a large amount of glucose to fuel its high metabolic demands. Understanding brain glucose metabolism is critical for understanding the brain's normal physiology and the pathological states of diabetes and obesity. However, accurately measuring brain glucose metabolism in humans presents significant challenges. Most studies depend on non-invasive neuroimaging techniques, such as positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance spectroscopy, which each have distinct advantages and limitations. This review outlines the primary neuroimaging modalities used to assess brain glucose metabolism, focusing on modalities and studies that have paired brain imaging with controlled physiological manipulations of circulating glucose and insulin levels, to examine how metabolic diseases influence brain glucose metabolism.

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BrainDiabetes MellitusGlucoseObesityAnimalsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyNeuroimagingPositron-Emission TomographyGlucoseBrain metabolismDiabetesHyperglycaemic clampHyperinsulinaemic clampMRS imagingNeuroimagingObesityPET imagingReview

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PMID40711543
PMCPMC12361331

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