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Table 1 Parameters characterizing the GIG regulatory system: Concentration

From: A mathematical model of brain glucose homeostasis

Segment

Compartment

Volume (ml)*

Glucose concentration (mg/ml)&

Insulin concentration (ng/ml)&

Glucagon concentration (pg/ml)&

Brain

CSF

150

0.584

0.028

8.02

 

mass

1374

0.184

0.024

8

 

blood

6.0

0.884

0.402

78.614

Lung

mass

1669

0.591

0.080

16.001

 

blood

70

0.971

0.436

81.120

Pancreas

mass

70

0.662

150.672

27985.9

 

blood

0.29

0.962

27.115

1575.13

Gastrointestinal

mass

3041

0.639

0.087

15.995

 

blood

12.4

0.939

0.407

76.705

Liver

mass

1541

1.304

0.182

18.027

 

blood

6.28

1.104

0.902

159.225

Kidney

mass

253

0.668

0.052

11.554

 

blood

1.03

0.968

0.372

55.701

Muscle

mass

22023

0.611

0.061

16.767

 

blood

101

0.951

0.377

57.982

Residual

mass

27668

0.847

0.081

20.747

 

blood

125

0.914

0.377

49.921

Cardiocirculatory

arterial

1129

0.968

0.436

81.104

 

venous

3609

0.973

0.497

81.324

  1. *: [21]
  2. &: [32]. Estimated on base of compartmental mass.