Can brain cells metabolize via fermentation like muscle cells do?

Subject: Can brain cells metabolize via fermentation like muscle cells do?

Date: Wed Feb 22 14:45:36 2006
Posted by David
Grade level: undergrad School: ACC
City: Austin State/Province: TX Country: US
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 1140644736.Bc

Message:


Why can only muscle cells take the fermentation pathway in metabloism?  Are 
there other cells 
in the body for example, the liver or pancreatic cells that can undergo 
fermentation for metabolism? Thinking about doing a comparison for further 
study.

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