Sweet taste signaling functions as a hypothalamic glucose sensor

Brain glucosensing is essential for normal body glucose homeostasis and neuronal function. However, the exact signaling mechanisms involved in the neuronal sensing of extracellular glucose levels remain poorly understood. Of particular interest is the identification of candidate membrane molecular s...

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Main Authors: Xueying Ren, Ligang Zhou, Rose Terwilliger, Samuel Newton, Ivan E De Araujo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2009-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.07.012.2009/full