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Measurement of Insulin- and Contraction-Stimulated Glucose Uptake in Isolated and Incubated Mature Skeletal Muscle from Mice
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Use of transgenic models to understand effects of exercise on glucose metabolism
Bo F Hansen1, Jørgen F P Wojtaszewski
1Department of Diabetes Biology, Novo Nordisk, Bagsvaerd, Denmark.
Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
|May 7, 2002
Abstract:
This review will focus on the achievements obtained using transgenic animals in our understanding of exercise-induced insulin sensitivity as well as the regulation of glycogen storage in skeletal muscle, including the effects of acute exercise and insulin on the major determinants: glycogen synthesis and glucose uptake.

