Glucose-induced excitation in molluscan
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Karel S. Kits; René C. Bobeldijk; Marcel Crest; Johannes C. Lodder
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Article
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1991
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Springer
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English
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The light green cells (LGCs) are a group of identified central neurons in the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis, that produce a number of insulin-related peptides. Freshly dissociated LGCs are activated by physiological concentrations of extracellular glucose. The response to glucose consists of a slow