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Regional distribution of glucose in mouse brain

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After rapid inactivation of the enzymes responsible for glucose metabolism by microwave irradiation, concentrations of glucose in 20 regions of the mouse brain were estimated with combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The highest concentrations of glucose were found in the periventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus and nucleus preopticus (P<0.05). The septum and nucleus amygdaloideus showed significantly higher glucose concentration compared with the cerebral neocortex, olfactory bulb, corpus striatum, cingulum, fornix, colliculus inferior, cerebellar cortex, corpus geniculatum laterale, substantia nigra, and nucleus ruber (P<0.05). The glucose concentration in the substantia nigra and nucleus ruber was significantly lower than in the other regions (P<0.01).

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    Masahisa Shimada, Takashi Kihara, Masahito Watanabe & Kiyohisa Kurimoto

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Shimada, M., Kihara, T., Watanabe, M. et al. Regional distribution of glucose in mouse brain. Neurochem Res 2, 595–603 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00963774

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