Glucokinase is a critical regulator of ventromedial hypothalamic neuronal glucosensing

Diabetes

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 412-420

  Kang, Ling ^a   Dunn Meynell, Ambrose A ^a,b   Routh, Vanessa H ^a   Gaspers, Larry D ^a   Nagata, Yasufumi ^c   Nishimura, Teruyuki ^c   Eiki, Junichi ^c   Zhang, Bei B ^d   Levin, Barry E ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DYE; ENZYME ACTIVATOR; FURA 2; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IC 50; IMAGING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; VALIDITY; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TOLBUTAMIDE; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 33644773627     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 00121797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.55.02.06.db05-1229     Document Type: Article

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