Population
Fed hooded Wistar and fasted Sprague-Dawley rats
Comparison
Insulin infusion (doses between 0 and 30 mU… vs Basal levels (0 dose) or different insulin doses
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
2 hours
Authors
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Suggests microvascular insulin sensitivity precedes bulk flow changes in diabetes models; leaves open human translation and therapeutic targeting.
Precapillary arterioles regulating microvascular recruitment are more sensitive to insulin than resistance arterioles regulating total blood flow.
Vincent et al. (2004) studied this question.
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