Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 56, Issue 8 , Pages 1065-1075 , August 2007

Recurrent intermittent restraint delays fed and fasting hyperglycemia and improves glucose return to baseline levels during glucose tolerance tests in the Zucker diabetic fatty rat—role of food intake and corticosterone

  • Holly E. Bates

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Michael A. Kiraly

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Jessica T.Y. Yue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Danitza Goche Montes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Melanie E. Elliott

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Michael C. Riddell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, York University, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Stephen G. Matthews

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Mladen Vranic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A8. Tel.: +1 416 978 4051; fax: +1 416 978 4373.

Received 1 December 2006 ,Accepted 13 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2007.03.015

Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 56, Issue 8 , Pages 1065-1075 , August 2007

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