Ion channels in the central regulation of energy and glucose homeostasis

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 MAY, 2013, Pages

  Sohn, Jong Woo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; GABAA receptors; Ionotropic glutamate receptors (iglurs); K+ channels; Obesity; Patch clamp electrophysiology; TRPC channels

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CATION; G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ION CHANNEL; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; ENERGY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84878846518     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00085     Document Type: Article

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