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Can Neurons Use Fat? A Groundbreaking Look at Brain Energy

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For decades, it was widely believed that the brain operated almost exclusively on glucose, with fat serving a purely structural role in the nervous system. Groundbreaking new research has definitively overturned this dogma, confirming that neurons can use fat for fuel, a revelation that redefines our understanding of brain metabolism and function.