Glycogen content regulates insulin- but not contraction-mediated glycogen synthase activation in the rat slow-twitch soleus muscles

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-150

  Lai, Y C ^a,b   Lin, F C ^a,b   Jensen, J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Akt; Fibre types; Glycogen synthesis; GSK3; Phosphorylation; PKB

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE SYNTHASE SERINE KINASE3; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; INSULIN; NEUTRAL INSULIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFEEDING; SLOW MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FASTING; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; INSULIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 69949118513     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01998.x     Document Type: Article

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