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ArticleMetabolic brain disease2017

Cognitive, neurophysiologic and metabolic sequelae of previous hypoglycemic coma revealed by hyperinsulinemic-hypoglycemic clamp in type 1 diabetic patients.

Alberto Maran, Cristina Crepaldi, Franco Del Piccolo, Ian Macdonald, Lisa Zarantonello, Angelo Avogaro, Piero Amodio

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Alberto MaranDepartment of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. alberto.maran@unipd.it.ORCID 0000-0002-7266-8486
Cristina CrepaldiDepartment of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Franco Del PiccoloDepartment of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Ian MacdonaldSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Nottingham, UK.
Lisa ZarantonelloDepartment of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Angelo AvogaroDepartment of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Piero AmodioDepartment of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
University of Padua · ITUniversity of Nottingham · GB

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Abstract

To examine the relationship between electroencephalographic (EEG) activity and hypoglycemia unawareness, we investigated early parameters of vigilance and awareness of various symptom categories in response to hypoglycemia in intensively treated type 1 diabetic (T1DM) patients with different degrees of hypoglycemia unawareness. Hypoglycemia was induced with a hyperinsulinemic-hypoglycemic clamp in six T1DM patients with a history of hypoglycemia unawareness previous severe hypoglycemic coma (SH) and in six T1DM patients without (C) history of hypoglycemia unawareness previous severe hypoglycemic coma. Cognitive function tests (four choice reaction time), counterregulatory responses (adrenaline), and symptomatic responses were evaluated at euglycemia (90 mg/dl) and during step-wise plasma glucose reduction (68, 58 and 49 mg/dl). EEG activity was recorded continuously throughout the study and analyzed by spectral analysis. Cognitive function deteriorated significantly at a glucose threshold of 55 ± 1 mg/dl in both groups (p = ns) during hypoglycemia, while the glucose threshold for autonomic symptoms was significantly lower in SH patients than in C patients (49 ± 1 vs. 54 ± 1 mg/dl, p < 0.05, respectively). In SH patients, eye-closed resting EEG showed a correlation between the mean dominance frequency and plasma glucose (r = 0.62, p < 0.001). Theta relative power increased during controlled hypoglycemia compared to euglycemia (21.6 ± 6 vs. 15.5 ± 3% Hz p < 0.05) and was higher than in the C group (21.6 ± 6 vs. 13.8 ± 3%, p < 0.03). The cognitive task beta activity was lower in the SH group than in the C group (14.8 ± 3 Hz, vs. 22.6 ± 4 vs. p < 0.03). Controlled hypoglycemia elicits cognitive dysfunction in both C and SH patients; however, significant EEG alterations during hypoglycemia were detected mainly in patients with a history of hypoglycemia unawareness and previous severe hypoglycemic coma. These data suggest that prior episodes of hypoglycemic coma modulate brain electric activity.

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AdultAutonomic Nervous SystemBlood GlucoseCognition DisordersDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetic ComaElectroencephalographyEpinephrineFemaleGlucose Clamp TechniqueHumansHyperinsulinismHypoglycemiaMaleMiddle AgedPsychomotor PerformanceBlood GlucoseEpinephrineDiabetic comaHypoglicaemiaQuantified EEGSpectral analysisSymptom awareness

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