BIOL 1080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Vo2 Max, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Blood Sugar
16 Mar 2016
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Insulin and glucagon are the main regulators of metabolism in fed (absorpive) and. You don"t usually see all insulin and no glucagon or vice versa; it is more thought of as a raio. Fight or light response will also cause glucagon to be released. Healthy, normal people represent the green line and do not occupy much of the graph. Insulin drives the blood glucose down into a dip ater a meal, and then glucagon brings the level back up to stable. The whole curve of type 2 never falls into the normal homeostaic range. There is a metabolic syndrome that leads up to a loss of sensiivity to insulin in type 2. Typically treated by targeing the signaling sequences down the line rather than insulin itself. If the blood glucose falls below 3, cogniive funcion is lost; below 2 and the person will fall into a coma.
