Barrett: Alzheimer's neurodegeneration is the brain trimming its metabolic budget
Lisa Feldman Barrett · #92 Lisa Feldman Barrett: Balancing the Brain Budget · Sep 15, 2020 · at 45:00
Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett explains how the brain manages severe metabolic deficits by eliminating high-energy neurons.
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“Neurodegeneration that happens in Alzheimer's disease or even normal aging, Is really about trimming your metabolic budget.”
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