Glycogen and Executive Functioning
ISBN: 978-38-454-4206-8
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Liczba stron: 72
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydanie: 2011 r.
Język: angielski
Dostępność: aktualnie niedostępny
Past work suggests that executive functioning relies on glucose as a depletable energy, such that executive functioning uses a relatively large amount of glucose and is impaired when glucose is low. Glucose from the bloodstream is one energy source for the brain, and glucose stored in the brain as glycogen is another. A review of the literature on glycogen suggests that executive functioning uses it in much the same way as glucose, such that executive functioning uses glycogen and is impaired when glycogen is low. Findings on stress, physical persistence, glucose tolerance, diabetes, sleep, heat, and other topics provide general support for this view.