QUANTITATIVE CHANGES OF CEREBRAL NEOCORTICAL STRUCTURE IN INSULIN-TREATED LONG-TERM STREPTOZOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES IN RATS
QUANTITATIVE CHANGES OF CEREBRAL NEOCORTICAL STRUCTURE IN INSULIN-TREATED LONG-TERM STREPTOZOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES IN RATS
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DOI:
10.2337/diabetes.36.5.597
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发表时间:
1987-05-01
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影响因子:
7.7
通讯作者:
OSTERBY, R
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作者:
JAKOBSEN, J;SIDENIUS, P;OSTERBY, R
The brains of rats with streptozocin-induced diabetes treated with a low-dose insulin regimen (1 IU/day) were studied with morphometric techniques. After 1 yr of diabetes, brain weight decreased slightly (1350 .+-. 71 vs. 1521 .+-. 55 mg, 2P < .01) as did the volume of the neocortex (498 .+-. 36 vs. 567 .+-. 40 mm3, 2P < .05). A significant loss of neocortical neurons occurred (38 .+-. 2 .times. 106 vs. 46 .+-. 3 .times. 106, 2P < .01), and the length of the capillary network in the neocortical tissue shortened disproportionately (405 .+-. 102 vs. 631 .+-. 47 m, 2P < .01), leading to increased diffusion distance. The mechanisms underlying cerebral loss in this model are unknown, but abnormalities of the vascular supply with prolongation of the route of diffusion might play a role.