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Sodium-potassium-ATPase activity was measured in excised dorsal root ganglia of streptozotocin-diabetic rats, 2 months after induction of diabetes. In comparison with agematched controls, there was a decrease in both the total and ouabain-insensitive activity, indicating an overall reduction in ouabain-sensitive activity of 46%. This decrease may explain the reduced amino-acid uptake exhibited by diabetic sensory ganglia and could be relevant to the development of diabetic neuropathy.
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Green, R.J., King, R.H.M., Thomas, P.K. et al. Sodium-potassium-ATPase activity in the dorsal root ganglia of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Diabetologia 28, 104–107 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00279925
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