Functional identification of a neurocircuit regulating blood glucose

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 14, 2016, Pages E2073-E2082

  Meek, Thomas H ^a   Nelson, Jarrell T ^a   Matsen, Miles E ^a   Dorfman, Mauricio D ^a   Guyenet, Stephan J ^a   Damian, Vincent ^a   Allison, Margaret B ^b   Scarlett, Jarrad M ^a   Nguyen, Hong T ^a   Thaler, Joshua P ^a   Olson, David P ^b   Myers, Martin G ^c   Schwartz, Michael W ^a   Morton, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Counter regulation; Glucoregulatory circuit; Hyperglycemia; Ventromedial nucleus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MICE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84962665696     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1521160113     Document Type: Article

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