Glucosensing in parvocellular neurons of the rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 272-282

  Melnick, Igor V ^a   Price, Christopher J ^b   Colmers, William F ^b  

^a BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glucosensing; Hypothalamus; KATP channels; Paraventricular nucleus; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL; DIAZOXIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; SULFONYLUREA RECEPTOR 1; TOLBUTAMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSENSING; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PARVOCELLULAR NEURON; PREAUTONOMIC CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; GLUCOSE; KATP CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 79960430524     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07742.x     Document Type: Article

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