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  • Title: Responses of pituitary and adrenal medulla to insulin-induced hypoglycemia in patients with anorexia nervosa.
    Author: Nakagawa K, Matsubara M, Obara T, Kubo M, Akikawa K.
    Journal: Endocrinol Jpn; 1985 Oct; 32(5):719-24. PubMed ID: 3912162.
    Abstract:
    The responses of pituitary and adrenomedullary hormones to insulin-induced hypoglycemia were studied in 10 patients with anorexia nervosa and 7 control females of comparable age. The increases in plasma GH and PRL were significantly smaller in the patients, while the responses of GH to arginine and of PRL to TRH were indistinguishable. Plasma cortisol attained similar peak levels in both groups with higher basal levels and smaller increments in the patients. The response of plasma epinephrine was markedly lower in the patients, although urinary epinephrine showed similar increase in both groups. These results suggest the possibility that the process by which hypoglycemic stimulus causes pituitary and adrenomedullary hormone secretion is deranged in patients with anorexia nervosa.
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