Rate of fall in blood glucose and recurrent hypoglycemia affect glucose dynamics and noradrenergic activation in the ventromedial hypothalamus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Barnes, Meredith B ^a   Lawson, Marcus A ^b,c   Lee Beverly, J ^a,b,c  

^a Division of Nutritional Sciences   (United States)

^b Department of Animal Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose homeostasis; Hypoglycemia associated autonomic failure; Recurrent hypoglycemia; Sympathoadrenal response

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ZONA INCERTA;

ADRENERGIC NEURONS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 82755186779     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00171.2011     Document Type: Article

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