Human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells (hCMECs) were cultured and treated with 6 mM erythritol, equivalent to a typical amount of erythritol (30 g) in an artificially sweetened beverage, for 3 h.
Am I reading this right? They basically soaked brain cells in diet soda for three hours?
Endothelial cells are not the same as neurons. They are the type of cell that form the inner lining on blood vessels (so in direct contact with flowing blood).
From the actual study[0]
Am I reading this right? They basically soaked brain cells in diet soda for three hours?
[0] https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00276.2025
Endothelial cells are not the same as neurons. They are the type of cell that form the inner lining on blood vessels (so in direct contact with flowing blood).
I understand that, but they still soaked them in a solution with the same concentration as diet soda.