hyperglycemic
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Glucagon raises blood glucose levels, eliciting what is called a hyperglycemic effect, by stimulating the breakdown of glycogen to glucose in skeletal muscle cells and liver cells in a process called glycogenolysis.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Our healthy control mice compared to our hyperglycemic ones, they have equal running behavior.
From Slate • Aug. 6, 2020
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