Supraoptic oxytocin and vasopressin neurons function as glucose and metabolic sensors

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Song, Zhilin ^a   Levin, Barry E ^b,c   Stevens, Wanida ^a   Sladek, Celia D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Glucokinase; Glucose sensing; Hormone release; Insulin; Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ALLOXAN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CYCLOPHILIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; INSULIN; OXYTOCIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; VASOPRESSIN; WORTMANNIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL FUNCTION; DEPOLARIZATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE SENSOR; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLIC SENSOR; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

CALCIUM IMAGING; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE-SENSING; HORMONE RELEASE; INSULIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INSULIN; KATP CHANNELS; MALE; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84900537491     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00520.2013     Document Type: Article

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