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Analysis of Insulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Receptors in Neural Tissues

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Protocols in Molecular Neurobiology

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology™ ((MIMB,volume 13))

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Abstract

A variety of biochemical and physiological studies in recent years have made it clear that the brain possesses specific receptors and puta- tive signal transduction pathways for insulin and the insulin-like growth factors (IGF-I and IGF-II). These observations have challenged tradi- tional ideas concerning the physiological role of these peptides in the CNS, and have compelled us and others to consider that they are important regulators of metabolism and growth and development in the CNS (reviewed in 1). A combination of the techniques used for culturing neuralderived cells and those involved in studying insulin and IGF-I receptors on peripheral nonneural tissue has provided a major stimulus for these studies, the results of which define insulin and the IGFs as neuropeptides. The purpose of this chapter is to present these techniques together in a comprehensive manner so as to pro- vide the reader with an overview of how it is possible to study insulin and the IGF-I receptors in nervous tissue.

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  1. Diabetes Branch, National Institutes of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

    Martin L. Adamo, Joshua Shemer, Akira Ota & Derek LeRoith

  2. Department of Physiology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL

    Mohan K. Raizada, Colin Sumners & John Olson

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Adamo, M.L. et al. (1992). Analysis of Insulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Receptors in Neural Tissues. In: Longstaff, A., Revest, P. (eds) Protocols in Molecular Neurobiology. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 13. Springer, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-199-3:227

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