Abbreviated Title: Insulin Modulated Glucose Responses in Vl-vmn Ge Neurons
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Title: Insulin blunts the response of glucose-excited (GE) neurons in the ventrolateralventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VL-VMN) to decreased glucose. Abbreviated Title: Insulin modulated glucose responses in VL-VMN GE neurons Authors: Victoria E. Cotero and Vanessa H Routh Addresses: New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ), Newark, NJ Running Head: Insulin modulated glucose responses in VL-VMN GE neurons. Corresponding Author: Vanessa H Routh, PhD, Dept. of Pharmacology and Physiology, New Jersey medical School (UMDNJ), PO Box 1709, Newark, NJ 07101-1709. Email: [email protected] Articles in PresS. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab (February 17, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90932.2008
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