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

Table 2.

Female 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 1.94 ± 0.23 0.998 0.95 4.8 ± 1.3 0.054
Exercise 1.94 ± 0.40 0.81 7.3 ± 1.8
Olfactory bulb Sedentary 3.93 ± 0.88 0.746 0.80 10.7 ± 6.1 0.694
Exercise 3.55 ± 0.70 0.74 14.6 ± 4.6
Hypothalamus Sedentary 2.79 ± 0.83 0.057 0.89 2.9 ± 6.3 0.004
Exercise 1.45 ± 0.23 0.91 1.1 ± 2.2

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.