Insulin acts on the hypothalamic glucose-facilitated neurons to induce hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia in the rat |
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Authors: | L. R. Shian M. T. Lin |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Internal Medicine Tri-service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan;(2) Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | Microinjection of insulin (0.04–0.12 IU/l) into the anterior hypothalamus or the lateral hypothalamus, but not the vertromedial hypothalamus of the rat brain, caused a dose-dependent rise in blood glucose and in serum insulin. The majority (71.5%) of the glucose-facilitated neurons recorded in the lateral hypothalamic area were excited by intracerebral injection of insulin. The data indicate that insulni acts on the hypothalamic glucose-facilitated neurons to induce hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia. It is unknown whether insulin normally reaches the hypothalamic area, or how it might do so.This work was supported by grants from the National Science Council (Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China). |
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Keywords: | Hypothalamus insulin hyperglycemia hyperinsulinemia neuronal activity |
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