Insulin-induced hypoglycemia decreases single-unit activity of serotonergic medullary raphe neurons in freely moving cats: Relationship to sympathetic and motor output

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 722-734

  Martìn Cora, Francisco J ^a,b   Fornal, Casimir A ^a   Metzler, Christine W ^a   Jacobs, Barry L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autonomic and motor activity; Hypoglycemia; Nucleus raphe obscurus; Nucleus raphe pallidus; Serotonin; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CAT; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESPONSE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0036460379     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02144.x     Document Type: Article

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