High dose insulin does not increase glucose transfer across the blood-brain barrier in humans: A re-evaluation

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 687-691

  Knudsen, G M ^a,b   Hasselbalch, S G ^a   Hertz, M M ^a   Paulson, O B ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Double indicator technique; Glucose; Human; Insulin; Phenylalanine

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PHENYLALANINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYLALANINE;

EID: 0032792508     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.1999.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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