plasma glucagon ( area under the curve [ auc ] above base line , 12 +/- 3 vs. 23 +/- 3 mg/ml x 12 h in nondiabetics , p less than 0.05 ) , cortisol ( auc 2.2 +/- 0.5 vs. 4.0 +/- 0.7 mg/dl x 12 h in nondiabetics , p less than 0.05 ) , and growth hormone ( auc 1.6 +/- 0.4 vs. 2.9 +/- 0.4 micrograms/ml x 12 h in nondiabetics , p less than 0.05 ) responses in the diabetics were decreased 50 % while their plasma norepinephrine responses ( auc 49 +/- 12 vs. 21 +/- 5 ng/ml x 12 h in nondiabetics , p less than 0.05 ) were increased twofold ( p less than 0.05 ) and their plasma epinephrine responses were similar to those of the nondiabetics ( auc 106 +/- 17 vs. 112 +/- 10 ng/ml x 12 h in nondiabetics ) .
C0028351
norepinephrine
C0014563
epinephrine