Chronic Treatment with the AMP-Kinase Activator AICAR Increases Glycogen Storage and Fatty Acid Oxidation in Skeletal Muscles but Does Not Reduce Hyperglucagonemia and Hyperglycemia in Insulin Deficient Rats

• Kaio F. Vitzel,

  Affiliations Muscle Health Research Center – School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• George Bikopoulos,

  Affiliation Muscle Health Research Center – School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Steven Hung,

  Affiliation Muscle Health Research Center – School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Kathryn E. Pistor,

  Affiliation Muscle Health Research Center – School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Jessica D. Patterson,

  Affiliation Muscle Health Research Center – School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Rui Curi,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Rolando B. Ceddia

  * E-mail: roceddia@yorku.ca

  Affiliation Muscle Health Research Center – School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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