title: Contractions of the gastric antrum induced by stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle in the rat.
abstract: Glucoreceptors sensitive to cytoglucopenia exist in the medial forebrain bundle of the rat. The selective activation of these receptors provokes an increase in glycemia and gastric secretion. In the present work, we found that stimulation of this diencephalic area in rats also provokes potent gastric contractions. Stimulation with high voltages usually inhibited this effect.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Fisiologia Clfnica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pinatel-Lopasso
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Timo-Iaria
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fernando-Gothardo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bor-Seng-Shu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D008474:Medial Forebrain Bundle / Q000502:physiology*; D010528:Peristalsis; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C027786:glucose receptor