The effects of insulin, glucagon, glutamate, and glucose infusion on blood glutamate and plasma glucose levels in naive rats

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 323-328

  Zlotnik, Alexander ^a   Gruenbaum, Benjamin Fredrick ^a   Klin, Yael ^b   Gruenbaum, Shaun Evan ^c   Ohayon, Sharon ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a   Kuts, Ruslan ^a   Boyko, Matthew ^a   Bichovsky, Yoav ^a   Shapira, Yoram ^a   Teichberg, Vivian I ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

endocrine; glucagon; glucose; glutamate; insulin; neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; INSULIN;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INFUSION; INFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; MALE; PANCREAS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 81155159832     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: 15371921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e3182299b15     Document Type: Article

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