Brain region-dependent effects of dexamethasone on counterregulatory responses to hypoglycemia in conscious rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 288, Issue 2 57-2, 2005, Pages

  Sandoval, Darken A ^a   Ping, Ling ^a   Neill, Ray Anthony ^a   Gong, Bin ^a   Walsh, Kristen ^a   Davis, Stephen N ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic failure; Corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVATION; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MECHANISM; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INSULIN; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 12344290289     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00674.2003     Document Type: Article

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