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Profound insulin-induced hypoglycemia is associated with neurodegenera-tion which resembles lesions produced by administration of exogenous excito-toxins (Auer, 1986). Neuronal lesions in hypoglycemia begin within minutes of the hypoglycemie insult and are attenuated by local application of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists (Wieloch 1985; Simon et al., 1986).
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Heyes, M.P., Papagapiou, M., Leonard, C., Markey, S.P., Auer, R.N. (1991). Effects of Profound Insulin-Induced Hypoglycemia on Quinolinic Acid in Hippocampus and Plasma. In: Schwarcz, R., Young, S.N., Brown, R.R. (eds) Kynurenine and Serotonin Pathways. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 294. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5952-4_92
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