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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461512003321

Autore

Polakof Sergio

Titolo

Brain glucosensing [[electronic resource] ] : physiological implications / / Sergio Polakof

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, NY, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010

ISBN

1-61761-701-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (79 p.)

Collana

Neurology - laboratory and clinical research developments

Disciplina

572/.565

Soggetti

Glucose - Metabolism

Brain

Neurochemistry

Homeostasis

Blood glucose

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""BRAIN GLUCOSENSING: PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS   ""; ""BRAIN GLUCOSENSING: PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Glucose Metabolism in the Brain""; ""Sites of Glucosensing  in the Brain""; ""The Glucosensor Mechanism  in the Brain""; ""4.1. Glucose-Excited Neurons""; ""4.1.1. Glucose Transport""; ""4.1.2. Glucose Phosphorylation""; ""4.1.3. Distal Sensing of Metabolic Signals""; ""4.2. Glucose-Inhibited Neurons""; ""Lactate as Metabolic Coupling between Astrocytes and Glucosensing Neurons""; ""Network of Hypothalamic Glucosensing Neurons""

""6.1. Neurons of the Arcuatus Nucleus""""6.2. Neurons of the Ventromedial Nucleus""; ""6.3. Neurons of the Lateral Nucleus""; ""The Mechanisms Underlying Glucosensing During Hypoglycemia""; ""7.1. Systemic Mechanism  Against Hypoglycemia""; ""7.2. Metabolic Central  Counterregulation""; ""7.3. Sites of Detection  of Hypoglycemia""; ""7.4. Counterregulation to  Hypoglycemia in T1DM:  Why Glucosensor Mechanisms Fail?""; ""7.5. Glucosensing Markers Involved  in the Counterregulatory  Response to Hypoglycemia""; ""Brain Glucosensing and the Regulation of Food Intake and Energy Expenditure""



""8.1. Glucosensing Markers Involved  in The Control of Food Intake and  Energy Expenditure""""Glucosensing Neurons as Metabolic Sensors""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Index""