Activation of I2-imidazoline receptors may ameliorate insulin resistance in fructose-rich chow-fed rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 448, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-93

  Ko, Wen Ching ^a   Liu, I Min ^b   Chung, Hsien Hui ^c   Cheng, Juei Tang ^c  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAJEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Fructose rich chow; I2 Imidazoline receptors; Insulin resistance; Intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test

Indexed keywords

2 (2 IMIDAZOLIN 2 YL)QUINOLINE; AGMATINE; AGMATINE SULFATE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; IMIDAZOLINE I2 RECEPTOR; INSULIN; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGMATINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRUCTOSE; IMIDAZOLES; IMIDAZOLINE RECEPTORS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIGANDS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 55749089859     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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