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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetologia. 2013 Aug 10;56(11):10.1007/s00125-013-3009-7. doi: 10.1007/s00125-013-3009-7

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of rats in the morning before study

Characteristic Study 1
Study 2
Study 3
Controls B2AR agonist peripherally B2AR agonist peripherally, aCSF to the VMH B2AR agonist peripherally, B2AR antagonist to the VMH Controls B2AR agonist peripherally
n 5 5 8 8 4 4
Body weight (g) 290±15 315±7 310±20 313±7.4 301±6 304±16
Plasma glucose (mmol/l) 5.3±0.3 5.3±0.1 6.2±0.2 5.9±0.2 6.3±0.1 6.4±0.1
Insulin (pmol/l) 62.5±7.6 38.9±8.3 132±46 111±47 60±4.8 61±4.8
Glucagon (ng/l) 44±12 42±12 53±7.2 47±3.5 64±6 63±4
Adrenaline (pmol/l) 890±284 933±213 912±393 884±218 442±55 371±180
Noradrenaline (pmol/l) 1,868±360 1,690±337 2,477±449 2,554±662 851±154 904±65

Data are presented as means ± SEM