Moderate physical training increases brain insulin concentrations in experimental diabetic rats |
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Authors: | Leme José Alexandre Curiacos de Almeida Gomes Ricardo José de Mello Maria Alice Rostom Luciano Eliete |
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Institution: | Department of Physical Education, S?o Paulo State University, Bela Vista, CEP 13506-900, Rio Claro, S?o Paulo, Brazil. zecuriacos@terra.com.br |
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Abstract: | Insulin is an important modulator of growth and metabolic function in the central nervous system. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of swimming physical training (at 32 degrees +/- 1 degree C, 1 hr/day, 5 days/week, with an overload equivalent to 5% of the body weight, for 4 weeks) on brain insulin concentrations in alloxan induced type 1 diabetic rats. Training attenuated hyperglycemia but had no effect on insulinemia in diabetic rats. Hematocrit and blood albumin values remained without changes. Brain insulin did not change in diabetic rats. However, physical training increased the concentration in both control and diabetic rats. It is concluded that in the present experimental conditions, diabetes had no influence on brain insulin, however moderate physical training increased the hormone in both control and diabetic animals. |
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