2003
Local Lactate Perfusion of the Ventromedial Hypothalamus Suppresses Hypoglycemic Counterregulation
Borg MA, Tamborlane WV, Shulman GI, Sherwin RS. Local Lactate Perfusion of the Ventromedial Hypothalamus Suppresses Hypoglycemic Counterregulation. Diabetes 2003, 52: 663-666. PMID: 12606506, DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.52.3.663.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCounterregulatory hormone responsesVentromedial hypothalamusHormone responseSprague-Dawley ratsGlucose-sensing mechanismHypoglycemic counterregulationSystemic hypoglycemiaHormonal suppressionLactate perfusionApproximate fourfold increaseGlucose metabolismMicrodialysis perfusionGlucose perfusionHormonal responsesHypoglycemic plateauHypoglycemiaPerfusionL-lactateExogenous glucoseFourfold increaseGlucoseLactate
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