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Fraser BA, Buck L, McKendry JB. Psychomotor performance during insulin-induced hypoglycemia. Can Med Assoc J. 1974;110(5):513-8
Fraser, B. A., Buck, L., & McKendry, J. B. (1974). Psychomotor performance during insulin-induced hypoglycemia. Canadian Medical Association journal, 110(5), 513-8.
Fraser, B A, et al. "Psychomotor performance during insulin-induced hypoglycemia." Canadian Medical Association journal vol. 110,5 (1974): 513-8.
Fraser BA, Buck L, McKendry JB. Psychomotor performance during insulin-induced hypoglycemia. Can Med Assoc J. 1974 Mar 02;110(5):513-8. PMID: 20312458; PMCID: PMC1947385.
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Can Med Assoc J. 1974 Mar 02;110(5):513-8.

Psychomotor performance during insulin-induced hypoglycemia.

Canadian Medical Association journal

B A Fraser, L Buck, J B McKendry

PMID: 20312458 PMCID: PMC1947385

Abstract

Subjects were given intravenous injections of insulin and/or saline on separate occasions and then tested on a pursuit-tracking task. Seven subjects showed clear clinical signs of hypoglycemia which were accompanied by a plasma glucose concentration of 32 mg/dl or less and by impaired tracking performance. Seven subjects showing no hypoglycemic signs despite insulin, and seven subjects receiving saline injections, showed no impairment in tracking. Impairment lasted from about the 15th to the 60th minute following injection, and was more readily apparent in response execution than response selection. There were no changes in accuracy of performance. Possible explanatory mechanisms, including neuroglycopenia, are discussed, and some implications for driving performance are noted.

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