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Review
. 2011 Feb 15;589(Pt 4):779-80.
doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.204776.

Fuelling the exercising brain: a regulatory quagmire for lactate metabolism

C K Willie  1 , K J Smith
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Fuelling the exercising brain: a regulatory quagmire for lactate metabolism

C K Willie et al. J Physiol. .
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