In vivo metabolic activity of hamster suprachiasmatic nuclei: use of anesthesia
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
- Vol. 252 (2) , R419-R422
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.1987.252.2.r419
Abstract
In vivo glucose utilization was measured in the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) of Golden hamsters using the 14C-labeled deoxyglucose technique. A circadian rhythm of SCN metabolic activity could be measured in this species, but only during pentobarbital sodium anesthesia when the surrounding background activity of adjacent hypothalamus was suppressed. Both the SCN's metabolic oscillation and its time-keeping ability are resistant to general anesthesia.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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