The Impact of Renin-angiotensin System on Brain Activation During Hypoglycaemia in Healthy Men, a PET Study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cerebral blood flow in subjects with high and low activity in the renin-angiotensin system (RAS).The renin-angiotensin system is a hormone system which is involved in the regulation of the blood pressure. Earlier studies have shown that high RAS activity is associated with a more pronounced cognitive impairment during hypoglycaemia compared to low RAS activity in both type 1 diabetic patients and healthy volunteers. We intend to examine brain activity by oxygen-15 labelled water-PET scanning during hypoglycaemia in response to cognitive function testing in 20 healthy male volunteers with high and low RAS activity, respectively

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Start

2006-01

Primary completion

2008-02

Completion

2008-02

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• Results Bie-Olsen LG, Pedersen-Bjergaard U, Kjaer TW, Lonsdale MN, Law I, Thorsteinsson B. Association between regional cerebral blood flow during hypoglycemia and genetic and phenotypic traits of the renin-angiotensin system. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2009 Nov;29(11):1790-5. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2009.94. Epub 2009 Jul 8.
• Results Bie-Olsen LG, Pedersen-Bjergaard U, Kjaer TW, Lonsdale MN, Law I, Thorsteinsson B. Differences in cortical and pituitary activity in response to hypoglycaemia and cognitive testing in healthy men with different basal activity of the renin-angiotensin system. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst. 2010 Sep;11(3):173-9. doi: 10.1177/1470320310364182. Epub 2010 Mar 9.
• Results Bie-Olsen LG, Kjaer TW, Pedersen-Bjergaard U, Lonsdale MN, Holst JJ, Law I, Thorsteinsson B. Changes of cognition and regional cerebral activity during acute hypoglycemia in normal subjects: A H2 15O positron emission tomographic study. J Neurosci Res. 2009 Jun;87(8):1922-8. doi: 10.1002/jnr.22002.

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