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  • Title: Pancreatic and pituitary hormonal responses to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia during muscarinic cholinergic blockade in man.
    Author: Fisher BM, Hepburn DA, Frier BM, Morton JJ, Beastall GH, Gray CE, Buchanan KD.
    Journal: Eur J Clin Invest; 1992 Sep; 22(9):614-8. PubMed ID: 1333962.
    Abstract:
    To investigate the role of muscarinic cholinergic mechanisms in mediating the pancreatic and pituitary hormonal responses to hypoglycaemia, six normal subjects were studied during acute insulin-induced hypoglycaemia under control conditions, and during blockade with intravenous atropine. During atropine blockade the response of pancreatic polypeptide was suppressed while the maximum response of plasma glucagon was significantly higher. The increment in plasma vasopressin was also increased significantly during cholinergic blockade. During blockade with atropine the responses of plasma prolactin was reduced, with a slight but significant reduction in the growth hormone response, and although a similar maximum response of plasma ACTH was achieved, this rise was delayed. These results implicate involvement of a cholinergic muscarinic inhibitory and stimulatory mechanisms in regulating the responses of pancreatic and pituitary hormones to hypoglycaemia.
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