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LITTLE work has been reported on the mechanism by which sugar is transported into brain cells. The results of the brain-perfusion experiments of Geiger et al.1 suggest that a carrier-mediated transport process may be involved; but there are few quantitative data to support this possibility. This communication concerns the results of investigations of the transport of D-xylose into the cells of brain slices incubated in vitro.
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GILBERT, J. Mechanism of Sugar Transport in Brain Slices. Nature 205, 87–88 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205087a0
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