A mathematical model of brain glucose homeostasis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The physiological fact that a stable level of brain glucose is more important than that of blood glucose suggests that the ultimate goal of the glucose-insulin-glucagon (GIG) regulatory system may be homeostasis of glucose concentrat...

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Main Authors: Kimura Hidenori, Gaohua Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-11-01
Series:Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
Online Access:http://www.tbiomed.com/content/6/1/26