Do brain cells store glucose as glycogen?
Ans) In humans, glycogen is made and stored primarily in the cells of the liver and skeletal muscle. Liver glycogen stores serve as a store of glucose for use throughout the body, particularly the central nervous system. The human brain consumes approximately 60% of blood glucose in fasted, sedentary individuals.
- And because the brain can't store energy as fat or glycogen—a storage molecule made of glucose—like other parts of the body can, it needs a continuous supply of fuel. Like every cell in the body, brain cells use glucose for energy, but that's all they'll eat.
During glycogenolysis, muscle cells consume most of the glucose released from the stored glycogen; while liver cells export most of the glucose released from the stored glycogen. Why do the muscles and liver behave so differently and how do you explain this phenomenon?
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