In the isolated working rat heart, glycogen is preferentially oxidized rather than converted to lactate during epinephrine stimulation, serving as a substrate reservoir to buffer rapid increases in energy demand.
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Hypothesis-generating for glycogen as energy buffer in acute stress; human studies needed before any clinical translation.
Goodwin et al. (1996) studied this question.
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