Physiological and Molecular Characteristics of Rat Hypothalamic Ventromedial Nucleus Glucosensing Neurons

Diabetes

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 549-559

  Kang, Ling ^a   Routh, Vanessa H ^a   Kuzhikandathil, Eldo V ^a   Gaspers, Larry D ^a   Levin, Barry E ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALLOXAN; CALCIUM ION; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; HEXOKINASE; INSULIN RECEPTOR; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR6.2; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 1; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 5; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 1; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; DNA PRIMERS; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; KINETICS; MALE; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; REACTION TIME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 1442276966     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.53.3.549     Document Type: Article

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