Brain glucosensing
Subtitle: physiological implications
By: author, Sergio Polakof
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hauppauge, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781617613340
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Glucose metabolism in the brain; title: Sites of glucosensing in the brain; title: The glucosensor mechanism in the brain; title: Lactate as metabolic coupling between astrocytes and glucosensing neurons; title: Network of hypothalamic glucosensing neurons; title: The mechanisms underlying glucosensing during hypoglycemia; title: Brain glucosensing and the regulation of food intake and energy expenditure; title: Glucosensing neurons as metabolic sensors.