Astrocytes in the nucleus of the solitary tract are activated by low glucose or glucoprivation: Evidence for glial involvement in glucose homeostasis

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 DEC, 2013, Pages

  McDougal, David H ^a   Hermann, Gerlinda E ^a   Rogers, Richard C ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2 deoxy D glucose; Astrocytes; Calcium imaging; Glucose homeostasis; Hypoglycemia; Solitary nucleus; Vago vagal reflex

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

EID: 84898044242     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00249     Document Type: Article

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