Insulin acts in the arcuate nucleus to increase lumbar sympathetic nerve activity and baroreflex function in rats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1643-1662

  Cassaglia, Priscila A ^a   Hermes, Sam M ^a   Aicher, Sue A ^a   Brooks, Virginia L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUMBAR SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BAROREFLEX; FEMALE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HEART RATE; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 79953156262     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.205575     Document Type: Article

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