Title:
Brain glucosensing physiological implications
Author:
Polakof, Sergio.
ISBN:
9781617617010
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 69 p.) : ill.
Series:
Neurology--laboratory and clinical research developments
Neurology--laboratory and clinical research development series.
General Note:
"Nova Biomedical."
Contents:
Glucose metabolism in the brain -- Sites of glucosensing in the brain -- The glucosensor mechanism in the brain -- Lactate as metabolic coupling between astrocytes and glucosensing neurons -- Network of hypothalamic glucosensing neurons -- The mechanisms underlying glucosensing during hypoglycemia -- Brain glucosensing and the regulation of food intake and energy expenditure -- Glucosensing neurons as metabolic sensors.
Subject Term:
Genre:
Electronic Access:
EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=359053