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Table 2 Parameters characterizing the GIG regulatory system. Consumption

From: A mathematical model of brain glucose homeostasis

Segment

Compartment

Flow (ml/s)*

Glucose consumption (mg/s)&

Insulin consumption (ng/s)&

Glucagon consumption (pg/s)&

Brain

CSF

0

--

--

--

 

mass

0

0.65

0.27

19.42

 

blood

13

--

--

--

Lung

mass

0

0.08

3.70

12.23

 

blood

100

--

--

--

Pancreas

mass

0

0.01

0.0

0.0

 

blood

1.75

--

--

--

Gastrointestinal

mass

0

0.25

0.26

39.80

 

blood

15.75

--

--

--

Liver

mass

0

0.12

21.43

470.62

 

blood

22.523

--

--

--

Kidney

mass

0

0.02

0.79

313.75

 

blood

20.5

--

--

--

Muscle

mass

0

0.67

0.74

390.91

 

blood

21

--

--

--

Residual

mass

0

0.22

0.81

323.0

 

blood

23

--

--

--

Cardiocirculatory

arterial

100

0.22

--

--

 

venous

100

--

--

--

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