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ReviewCellular and molecular neurobiology2025

Energy Metabolism and Brain Aging: Strategies to Delay Neuronal Degeneration.

Donghui Na, Zechen Zhang, Meng Meng, Meiyu Li, Junyan Gao, Jiming Kong, Guohui Zhang, Ying Guo

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Review in Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Donghui NaDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China.
Zechen ZhangMudi Meng Honors College, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Meng MengDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China.
Meiyu LiDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China.
Junyan GaoDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China.
Jiming KongDepartment of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Jiming.Kong@umanitoba.ca.
Guohui ZhangDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China. 18931316008@163.com.
Ying GuoDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China. guoying6106@gmail.com.

Funding

a scholarship from the Hebei Province, China C20190175Hebei Provincial Natural Science Foundation C2024405023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is characterized by a gradual decline in physiological functions, with brain aging being a major risk factor for numerous neurodegenerative diseases. Given the brain's high energy demands, maintaining an adequate ATP supply is crucial for its proper function. However, with advancing age, mitochondria dysfunction and a deteriorating energy metabolism lead to reduced overall energy production and impaired mitochondrial quality control (MQC). As a result, promoting healthy aging has become a key focus in contemporary research. This review examines the relationship between energy metabolism and brain aging, highlighting the connection between MQC and energy metabolism, and proposes strategies to delay brain aging by targeting energy metabolism.

Indexed as

AgingBrainEnergy MetabolismNerve DegenerationNeuronsAnimalsHumansMitochondriaNeurodegenerative DiseasesBrain agingEnergy metabolismMitochondrial quality controlNeurons

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PMID40259102
PMCPMC12011708

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