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. 2022 Feb 17;132(3):824–834. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00866.2021

Table 1.

Male insulin BBB pharmacokinetics following acute exercise

Region Treatment Ki, µL/g·min Ki P Value r Vi, µL/g Vi P Value
Whole brain Sedentary 0.95 ± 0.18 0.0072 0.88 6.3 ± 1.2
Exercise 1.81 ± 0.21 0.91 6.5 ± 1.1
Olfactory bulb Sedentary 3.70 ± 0.42 0.710 0.98 −1.0 ± 2.5 0.0001
Exercise 4.06 ± 0.63 0.91 10.1 ± 2.8
Hypothalamus Sedentary 4.28 ± 0.10 0.347 0.92 −0.7 ± 5.4 0.305
Exercise 2.84 ± 0.95 0.65 9.3 ± 4.3

BBB, blood-brain barrier; Ki, linear transport ± standard error mean; P value, difference between sedentary and exercise within brain region; r, correlation coefficient, Vi, level of reversible vascular binding ± SE.