The influence of hypoglycaemia on regional cerebral blood flow and cerebral volume in type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus

G Tallroth, Erik Ryding, Carl-David Agardh

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Abstract

The effect of moderate hypoglycaemia (venous blood glucose 2.0 +/- 0.2 mmol/l; mean +/- SD) on regional cerebral blood flow and cerebral volume was studied in a group of ten right-handed patients with Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus (age 26.0 +/- 2.4 years, duration 18.4 +/- 3.8 years) using an intravenous Xenon 133 single photon emission computed tomography technique. After 10 min of hypoglycaemia, global cerebral blood flow had increased to 55.8 +/- 4.5 ml.100 g-1.min-1 compared to the initial normoglycaemic flow of 49.5 +/- 3.7 ml.100 g-1.min-1 (p < 0.01). A further increase in global cerebral blood flow to 59.5 +/- 4.5 ml.100 g-1.min-1 (p < 0.05) occurred 15 min after normalization of the blood glucose level. The global cerebral blood flow change from before hypoglycaemia to after recovery was inversely related to the initial glucose level. No change in the relative distribution of the regional cerebral blood flow was found between the measurements. The cerebral blood flow was significantly higher in the right hemisphere compared with the left hemisphere (2.3, 1.6 and 2.2%, respectively; p < 0.05) in all measurements. Deeper hypoglycemia was associated with a more pronounced decrease in brain volume, while the length of the restitution time after hypoglycaemia correlated with a volume increase. Due to influences with opposite effects there was no mean change in the brain volume.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)530-535
JournalDiabetologia
Volume36
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1993

Bibliographical note

The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.
The record was previously connected to the following departments: Clinical Neurophysiology (013013001), Unit on Vascular Diabetic Complications (013241510)

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Endocrinology and Diabetes

Free keywords

  • Hypoglycaemia
  • cerebral blood flow
  • brain volume

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