Abstract
After the stress of a drug reaction, a previously non-diabetic subject had a unique, paradoxical decrease in circulating insulin in response to intravenous glucose. This response disappeared during α-adrenergic blockade with phentolamine and could be reproduced by α stimulation with adrenaline. It was concluded that the α receptor, possibly stimulated by endogenous catecholamine release in response to glucose, played a role in this unusual example of abnormal insulin secretion.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 787-789 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | The Lancet |
| Volume | 300 |
| Issue number | 7781 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 14 1972 |
| Externally published | Yes |