Hypothalamic glucose sensor: similarities to and differences from pancreatic beta-cell mechanisms

• Published in: Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 48; no. 9; pp. 1763 - 1772
• Main Authors: YANG, X.-J, KOW, L.-M, FUNABASHI, T, MOBBS, C. V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandria, VA American Diabetes Association 01.09.1999
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Cerebral Cortex - cytology; Cerebral Cortex - metabolism; Deoxyglucose - pharmacology; Electrodes; Endocrine pancreas; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Glucose - metabolism; Glucose - pharmacology; Glycolysis - drug effects; Hypoglycemic Agents - pharmacology; Hypothalamus, Middle - cytology; Hypothalamus, Middle - metabolism; In Vitro Techniques; Iodoacetic Acid - pharmacology; Male; Morphology. Functional localizations; Neurons - metabolism; Phlorhizin - pharmacology; Pyruvic Acid - pharmacology; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Stimulation, Chemical; Vertebrates: endocrinology; Rat; Langerhans islet; Rodentia; Central nervous system; Glucose; Hypothalamus; Vertebrata; Sensitivity; Mammalia; Neuron; B-Cell; Chemosensitivity; Comparative study; Brain (vertebrata); Endocrine pancreas

Hypothalamic glucose sensor: similarities to and differences from pancreatic beta-cell mechanisms. X J Yang , L M Kow , T Funabashi and C V Mobbs Fishberg Center for Neurobiology, and Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029-6574, USA. Abstract Glucose-respo...