Research Article
Alteration of the Cardiac Sympathetic Innervation Is Modulated by Duration of Diabetes in Female Rats
Table 1
Body weights, blood glucose concentrations, and plasma insulin levels in diabetic and control female rats.
| | Months after STZ | Blood glucose (mmol/L) | Body weight (g) | Plasma insulin (ng/mL) | | Control | STZ | Control | STZ | Control | STZ |
| | 1 | 8.7 ± 0.4 | 23.7 ± 1.4* | 270 ± 12 | 195 ± 5* | 0.81 ± 0.09 | 0.11 ± 0.02* | | 2 | 8.2 ± 0.5 | 26.2 ± 2.4* | 292 ± 8 | 198 ± 6* | 1.09 ± 0.15 | 0.17 ± 0.02* | | 4 | 8.9 ± 0.2 | 26.6 ± 1.5* | 315 ± 9 | 188 ± 4* | 1.11 ± 0.12 | 0.14 ± 0.02* | | 22 | 6.2 ± 0.5 | 8.5 ± 0.8# | 350 ± 12 | 235 ± 10*# | 0.86 ± 0.09 | 1.08 ± 0.16# |
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Values are means ± SEM.; STZ: streptozotocin; *significantly different from value in control group ; #significantly different from STZ1 value .
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