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Reciprocal Influences of the Ventromedial and Lateral Hypothalamic Nuclei on Blood Glucose Level and Liver Glycogen Content

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SINCE the discovery by Bernard1 that puncture in the floor of the fourth ventricle results in hyperglycaemia and glycosuria, many investigations have been carried out on the rise in blood glucose level and the appearance of glycosuria after stimulation of the various areas of the diencephalon.

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    TAKASHI SHIMAZU, AOI FUKUDA & TADAYASU BAN

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SHIMAZU, T., FUKUDA, A. & BAN, T. Reciprocal Influences of the Ventromedial and Lateral Hypothalamic Nuclei on Blood Glucose Level and Liver Glycogen Content. Nature 210, 1178–1179 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2101178a0

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