BRAIN GLUCOSENSING: PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS -- BRAIN GLUCOSENSING: PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I Introduction -- Chapter II Glucose Metabolism in the Brain -- Chapter III Sites of Glucosensing in the Brain -- Chapter IV The Glucosensor Mechanism in the Brain -- 4.1. Glucose-Excited Neurons -- 4.1.1. Glucose Transport -- 4.1.2. Glucose Phosphorylation -- 4.1.3. Distal Sensing of Metabolic Signals -- 4.2. Glucose-Inhibited Neurons -- Chapter V Lactate as Metabolic Coupling between Astrocytes and Glucosensing Neurons -- Chapter VI Network of Hypothalamic Glucosensing Neurons -- 6.1. Neurons of the Arcuatus Nucleus -- 6.2. Neurons of the Ventromedial Nucleus -- 6.3. Neurons of the Lateral Nucleus -- Chapter VII The Mechanisms Underlying Glucosensing During Hypoglycemia -- 7.1. Systemic Mechanism Against Hypoglycemia -- 7.2. Metabolic Central Counterregulation -- 7.3. Sites of Detection of Hypoglycemia -- 7.4. Counterregulation to Hypoglycemia in T1DM: Why Glucosensor Mechanisms Fail? -- 7.5. Glucosensing Markers Involved in the Counterregulatory Response to Hypoglycemia -- Chapter VIII Brain Glucosensing and the Regulation of Food Intake and Energy Expenditure -- 8.1. Glucosensing Markers Involved in The Control of Food Intake and Energy Expenditure -- Chapter IX Glucosensing Neurons as Metabolic Sensors -- Chapter X Conclusion -- References -- Index.