Insulin levels during lactate infusion.
To determine whether the lactate-induced panic of patients with panic attacks results from hyperinsulinism balanced by epinephrine-enhanced gluconeogenesis, the authors measured 10 subjects' insulin levels exactly when the lactate-induced attacks began. The insulin levels were normal.
D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000502:physiology; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D005943:Gluconeogenesis; D006801:Humans; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000097:blood; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000097:blood; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D007773:Lactates; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010200:Panic
D007328:Insulin; D007773:Lactates; D004837:Epinephrine