Term: brain glucose metabolic process
Name: brain
Synonyms: brain structure
Definition: Cavitated compound organ which is comprised of gray and white matter and surrounds the cerebral ventricular system.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000008]

Name: glucose metabolic process
Synonyms: cellular glucose metabolic process, glucose metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving glucose, the aldohexose gluco-hexose. D-glucose is dextrorotatory and is sometimes known as dextrose; it is an important source of energy for living organisms and is found free as well as combined in homo- and hetero-oligosaccharides and polysaccharides.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006006]    QuickGO    AmiGO