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The effect of beta-adrenergic receptor blockade (with propranolol) on exercise-induced glycogen mobilization in rat skeletal muscles was studied. Treatment with propranolol either fully or partly prevented glycogen mobilization or had no effect at all on the process. The effects of propranolol depended on the intensity and duration of exercise and on the fiber composition of the muscle studied.
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Górski, J., Pietrzyk, K. The effect of beta-adrenergic receptor blockade on intramuscular glycogen mobilization during exercise in the rat. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 48, 201–205 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00422981
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