Effect of Thyroidectomy and Food Intake on Oral and Intravenous Glucose Tolerances in Rats

1 October 1954

journal article
research article
Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content

Vol. 179 (1) , 39-42
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1954.179.1.39

Abstract

Intravenous studies demonstrated a marked impairment of glucose tolerance in thyroidectomized rats. During the oral test the maximum blood glucose level in the thyroidectomized rats was 50% above that of normals, presumably because of impaired rate of glucose removal from the blood. There was no effect of food intake, or body size, on oral and intravenous glucose tolerance curves in normal and thyroidectomized rats.

Keywords

FOOD
GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST
THYROID GLAND/EFFECT OF EXCISION