insulin and the brain

[erasmus harland]

thanks for your note/ I am working on insulin resistance. Presumably 
glucose within the csf has to get into neurones, is there a specific 
glucose transport protein for neurones, or is it the same mechanism for 
entering muscles cells.  My hypothesis is than insulin resistance by 
decreasing uptake into muscle, protects the brain from hypoglyaemia in 
small for dates babies, who, when they are adults have  higher risk of 
insulin resistance, hypertension and mortality from coronary heart 
disease - the Barker hypothesis - or the thrifty genotype postulated by 
Neel,