Population
18 adult mongrel dogs of either sex weighing between 19.1 and 30.9 kg (mean = 22.9 kg)
Comparison
Three 100-min experimental protocols: euglycemic… vs 30-min basal postabsorptive period prior to the…
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
100 minutes
Authors
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Plasma BCAA levels may drive myocardial uptake independent of insulin; hypothesis-generating and requires human validation before clinical relevance.
In conscious dogs, plasma branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) concentration, rather than insulin, determines the rate of myocardial BCAA uptake, while insulin stimulates myocardial alanine uptake.
Schwartz et al. (1985) studied this question.
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