[Reaction of cell population of the rat nucleus tractus solitarius to disorders of carbohydrate metabolism].

Cell responses in disparate subnuclei of the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) to experimental alloxan diabetes were studied using light microscopic morphometric methods. Histophysiological features in seven of fourteen cell divisions distinguished in the rat NTS, demonstrated their dependence on impaired carbohydrate metabolism. The data obtained are consistent with the hypothesis of the NTS involvement in the control of carbohydrate homeostasis.