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Science
; 163(3862): 79-81, 1969 Jan 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-4975341
ABSTRACT
D(m)-beta-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase activity is very low in normal adult rat brain; but during fasting it increases severalfold in parallel with the ketosis. The increase may represent part of a mechanism by which the brain adapts to changing patterns of substrate supply during starvation.