Metformin, but not exercise training, increases insulin responsiveness in skeletal muscle of Sprague-Dawley rats

Life Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1497-1507

  Borst, Stephen E ^a,b   Snellen, Harold G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; METFORMIN; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; HAND MUSCLE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TREADMILL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; DRINKING; EATING; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCOGEN; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER; MALE; METFORMIN; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0035902792     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(01)01225-5     Document Type: Article

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