«In mice
in diestrus, estrogen levels increase to about 10 times higher than they are in estrus, the phase in which ovulation occurs and estrogen levels drop,» Lasek said.
Activity increased twice as much in neurons from mice
in diestrus compared to the response of neurons from mice in estrus.
Not exact matches
Nevertheless, progesterone elevation does cause glucose intolerance and overt diabetes during
diestrus in bitches (126,127).
However, the reduction
in insulin sensitivity is more pronounced during pregnancy than during
diestrus (122), and the alteration
in the metabolic control of growth hormone during gestation may
in some way be pregnancy - specific
in dogs (123).
The periodic influence of
diestrus - associated insulin resistance may contribute to the increased risk of female compared with male dogs for developing diabetes and highlights the role that environmental influences may play
in the pathogenesis of canine diabetes.
Investigation of the role of obesity
in diabetic dogs with no underlying
diestrus - or hyperadrenocorticism - associated insulin resistance still needs to be performed.
Diabetes diagnosed
in a bitch during either pregnancy or
diestrus should be classified as being comparable to human gestational diabetes.
The periodic influence of
diestrus - associated insulin resistance may contribute to the increased risk for developing diabetes
in female compared with male dogs (68,69) and highlights the role that environmental influences may play
in the pathogenesis of canine diabetes.
Diabetes diagnosed
in a bitch during either pregnancy or
diestrus is comparable to human gestational diabetes.
Gestational diabetes has not been reported
in cats, but dogs appear to develop an equivalent form during
diestrus.
The
diestrus stage, when a female dog goes out of heat, lasts approximately 63 days
in a pregnant female, and she'll have babies at the end.