First characterization of metabolomic and lipidomic exchange over the healthy human brain
Dario Vrdoljak, Hannah G. Caldwell, Jennifer S. Duffy, Jay M. J. R. Carr, L. Madden Brewster, Armando Alcázar Magaña, Peter Rasmussen, Travis Dylan Gibbons, David B. MacLeod, Philip Neil Ainslie
The paper characterizes metabolomic and lipidomic exchanges in the healthy human brain, finding net release of acylcarnitine and variability in respiratory quotient linked to purine salvage pathway activity.
bioRxiv · Jun 21, 2026 · PreprintPhysiology