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Aarhus University

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The study shows that the pecten supplies glucose to the retina at rates that far exceed the glucose supply rates to the brain, as illustrated on the autoradiography images, showing much higher glucose uptake (pink) in the retina compared to the brain.

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Christian Damsgaard and Morten Busk, Aarhus University / Nature

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