Metabolic activation of the brachium conjunctivum during induced hypothermia.
During hypothermia induced in ground squirrels by the halothane-heliox method, 2-deoxyglucose uptake of a white matter structure, the brachium conjunctivum, increased relative to the surrounding gray matter structures. The possibility of 2-deoxyglucose uptake by glial as well as neuronal elements in the brachium conjunctivum and the implications of this observation for the use of optical density ratios is discussed.
D000064:Acclimatization; D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000097:blood; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000378:metabolism*; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000378:metabolism; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000378:metabolism; D011149:Pons / Q000378:metabolism*; D012012:Red Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D012589:Sciuridae
D001786:Blood Glucose; D003847:Deoxyglucose