Endocrine Abstracts

The study investigated the potential alteration in the level of insulin and adiponectin, as well as the expression of INSR and GLUT-4 in chronic restraint stress rats. Sprague–Dawley rats were randomly divided into two groups: the control group and stress group in which the rats were exposed to one of the four different restraint stressors; 1 h, twice daily for a period of 7 days (S7D), 14 days (S14D) and 28 days (S28D). To minimize habituation, the sequence of the stress...