Peculiar cases of a \"sleeping\" brain in alert cancer patients
H. Benveniste, P. Vaska, D. Franceschi, M. Salerno, S. Rizwan, H. Lee, J. Logan, D. Rothman, Y. Lazebnik, N. D. Volkow, T. V. Bilfinger
The paper investigates cerebral metabolism in cancer patients and finds three alert patients with glucose consumption rates typical of deep sleep or anesthesia, suggesting a metabolic shift possibly linked to cancer.
bioRxiv · Aug 13, 2019 · PreprintCancer Biology