1999
Chronic hypoglycemia and diabetes impair counterregulation induced by localized 2-deoxy-glucose perfusion of the ventromedial hypothalamus in rats.
Borg MA, Borg WP, Tamborlane WV, Brines ML, Shulman GI, Sherwin RS. Chronic hypoglycemia and diabetes impair counterregulation induced by localized 2-deoxy-glucose perfusion of the ventromedial hypothalamus in rats. Diabetes 1999, 48: 584-587. PMID: 10078560, DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.48.3.584.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentromedial hypothalamusSystemic hypoglycemiaChronic hypoglycemiaCellular glucopeniaDefective counterregulationDiabetic BBNondiabetic BBDiabetic groupEpinephrine responseNorepinephrine responseCatecholamine responsesIatrogenic hypoglycemiaDiabetic ratsGlucagon releaseEfferent pathwaysSympathoadrenal systemControl ratsHypoglycemic ratsHypoglycemiaGlucopeniaCounterregulationRatsHypothalamusPerfusionCritical role
1997
Local ventromedial hypothalamus glucose perfusion blocks counterregulation during systemic hypoglycemia in awake rats.
Borg MA, Sherwin RS, Borg WP, Tamborlane WV, Shulman GI. Local ventromedial hypothalamus glucose perfusion blocks counterregulation during systemic hypoglycemia in awake rats. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1997, 99: 361-365. PMID: 9006005, PMCID: PMC507804, DOI: 10.1172/jci119165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentromedial hypothalamic nucleusMM D-glucoseControl groupGlucose perfusionHypoglycemic counterregulationSystemic hypoglycemiaNorepinephrine releaseGlucagon secretionCatecholamine concentrationsHypothalamic nucleiAwake ratsHormonal secretionControl animalsHypoglycemiaHormonal responsesPerfusionL glucoseCounterregulationD-glucoseGlucagonRatsSecretionGlucoseAnimalsGlucopenia