Sweet taste receptor signaling network: Possible implication for cognitive functioning

Neurology Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Welcome, Menizibeya O ^a   Mastorakis, Nikos E ^a,b   Pereverzev, Vladimir A ^c  

^a World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c BELARUSIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; SWEET TASTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN METABOLISM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROL SYSTEM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GLUCOSE SENSOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84947650381     PISSN: 20901852     EISSN: 20901860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/606479     Document Type: Review

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