Brain glycogen supercompensation in the
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Sarah E. Canada; Staci A. Weaver; Shannon N. Sharpe; Bartholomew A. Pederson
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Brain glycogen is proposed to function under both physiological and pathological conditions. Pharmacological elevation of this glucose polymer in brain is hypothesized to protect neurons against hypoglycemia‐induced cell death. Elevation of brain glycogen levels due to prior hypoglycemi