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Mauro Oddo is supported by research grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation.

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Critical Care Clinical Research Unit, CHUV-Lausanne University Hospital, BH08.623, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Mauro Oddo

  2. Division of Neurosurgery and Department of Neurology, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, 10833 LeConte Avenue, CHS 18-218, 90024, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Paul Vespa

  3. USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, University of Southern California, 2025 Zonal Ave, 90033, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Paul Vespa

  4. NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    David K. Menon

  5. Division of Anesthesia, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    David K. Menon

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Oddo, M., Vespa, P. & Menon, D.K. Boosting the injured brain with supplemental energy fuels. Intensive Care Med 45, 872–875 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-05517-6

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