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Science 8 June 1979:
Vol. 204. no. 4397, pp. 1112 - 1114
DOI: 10.1126/science.451558
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Science, Vol 204, Issue 4397, 1112-1114
Copyright © 1979 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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The forebrain is not essential for sympathoadrenal hyperglycemic response to glucoprivation

RJ DiRocco and HJ Grill

The reduction of glycolysis by hypoglycemia or the glucose analog 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2DG) stimulates compensatory sympathetic alterations of metabolism. Considerable attention has been focused on the hypothalamus as the probable locus of requisite metabolic signal detection. We report, however, that unanesthetized chronically decerebrate rats are capable of exhibiting sympathoadrenal hyperglycemia in response to the metabolic challenge presented by 2DG. This findings demonstrates that the forebrain is not necessary for glucoprivic stimulation of this reflex. Since cervical cord transection has been shown to eliminate hyperglycemia induced by 2DG, we conclude that the caudal brainstem contains an essential part of the neural mechanism which both detects metabolic need and ameliorates that need through the release of stored fuels.


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