Skeletal muscle is a major glucose‐utilizing tissue in the absorptive state and the major
glucose transporter expressed in muscle in adulthood is GLUT4. GLUT4 expression is …

Neurovascular and neurometabolic coupling help the brain to maintain an appropriate
energy flow to the neural tissue under conditions of increased neuronal activity. Both …

Mouse capillary endothelial cells (1G11 cell line) embedded in type I collagen gels undergo
in vitro angiogenesis. Cells rapidly reorganize and form capillary-like structures when …

Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) can regulate brain
physiology and provide protection in models of neurological disease; however, neither their …

The amount of GLUT-4 protein is a primary factor in determining the maximal rate of glucose
transport into skeletal muscle. Therefore, it is important that we understand how exercise …

Neuregulins regulate the expression of acetylcholine receptor genes and induce
development of the neuromuscular junction in muscle. In studying whether neuregulins …

Insulin acutely stimulated glucose uptake in rat primary brown adipocytes in a PI3-kinase-
dependent but p70S6-kinase-independent manner. Since Akt represents an intermediate …

β‐adrenoceptor (AR) agonists increase 2‐deoxy‐[3H]‐d‐glucose uptake (GU) via β2‐AR in
rat L6 cells. The β‐AR agonists, zinterol (β2‐AR) and (−)‐isoprenaline, increased cAMP …

The pineal hormone melatonin is known to influence insulin secretion via the G‐protein‐
coupled receptor isoforms MT 1 and MT 2. The present study was aimed to further elucide …

We report tripartite co-operation between MyoD, myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF2) and the
thyroid hormone receptor (TRα1) that takes place in the context of an 82-bp muscle-specific …