chapter 1 Insulin Resistance and Glycogen Synthesis: Roles in Liver, Muscle and Adipose Tissue / chapter 2 Gestational Diabetes and Maternal Insulin Resistance in the C57BLKS/JLeprdb/ Mouse – A Unique Model for Understanding its Impact on the Fetus / chapter 3 Role of Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatases in Insulin Action and Insulin Resistance: Recent Insights from Cellular and Animal Studies / chapter 4 Hypertension and Insulin Resistance in the Wistar Fatty Rat / chapter 5 Cardiovascular Disease in the Insulin-Resistant, Atherosclerosis-Prone JCR :LA-cp Rat / chapter 6 The C57BL/6J Mouse as a Model of Insulin Resistance and Hypertension / chapter 7 Molecular Features of Insulin Resistance, Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Non-Human Primates / chapter 8 Effects of Genetic Alterations of Glut4 on Insulin Sensitivity / chapter 9 Insulin Signaling Pathway and GLUT4-mediated Glucose Transport in the insulin resistant muscle / chapter 10 Which Genes are Important in the Development of Type 2 Diabetes? / chapter 11 Leptin and Insulin Resistance in Rodent Models / chapter 12 Fat Feeding and Muscle Fat Deposition Eliciting Insulin Resistance / chapter 13 D-chiro-inositol and Insulin Resistance: An Allosteric Point of View / chapter 14 Glucagon-like Peptide-1, Exendin and Insulin Sensitivity / chapter 15 Insulin Resistance and the Autonomic Nervous System / chapter 16 Hypothalamic Role in the Insulin Resistance Syndrome / chapter 17 Insulin Resistance – Emerging Therapies for Affected Sites / chapter 18 Effect of Age on the Emergence of Insulin Resistance / chapter 19 Postnatal and Adult Insulin Sensitivity and Metabolism in Progeny of Nutritionally Compromised Mothers