Abstract #2392

In Vivo 1H MR Studies of Cortical Metabolic Response During Insulin-Induced Hypoglycemia

Hongxia Lei^1,2, Arthur W. Magill^1,2, Vladimir Mlynarik¹, Rolf Gruetter^1,3

¹LIFMET, Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; ²Radiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; ³Radiology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Understanding hypoglycemia became very essential for treating diabetes in clinical. We explored ¹H MR studies, including cerebral blood flow and neurochemical profile of cortical tissue under insulin-induced hypoglycemia in rats.