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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurochem Res. 2015 Jul 30;41(0):16–32. doi: 10.1007/s11064-015-1678-y

Fig. 3. Selective changes in glucose utilization in rats given two daily injections of phenylalanine.

Fig. 3

Rats were given daily injections from age 3 to 27 days of 0.9% NaCl or α-methylphenylalanine (αMePhe, 2.4 μmol/g) + phenylalanine (Phe, 5.2 μmol/g) plus a second daily injection 10–12h later of only Phe (2.6 μmol/g) for the hyperphenylalanemic rats (n=8) or of NaCl for the controls (n=8). Statistically significant (*, P<0.05, t-test) differences were observed in four structures, with no changes in CMRglc in the other brain regions of interest that are presented in Table 2 in which the rats did not receive second daily Phe injections. CMRglc was measured in the same rats used for the behavioral testing in Fig. 4A.