Abstract
The central nervous system (CNS) has traditionally been excluded as an insulin target tissue because glucose metabolism in the CNS seems to be unaffected by insulin. We have found that insulin and specific receptors for insulin are present in rodent brain although their physiologic role is unknown. Recent work in rats has shown that receptors for IGF-I and IGF-II are also present in the CNS.
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