Glossary G

Glossary G

Glucocorticoids refe to hormones secreted by the adrenal cortex that increase the concentration of liver glycogen and blood sugar. Glucocorticoids is also any one of a group of hormones produced by the adrenal cortex that influences carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism.

Gluconeogenesis refers to the synthesis of glucose from amino acids, lactate, glycerol, and other short carbon-chain molecules.

Glucose is defined as a simple sugar that is transported via the blood and metabolized by tissues. It is the main fuel of vertebrate neurons.

Glucose polymer is defined as a complex sugar molecule that contains multiple simple sugar molecules linked together.

glutamate refers to Amino acid neurotransmitter that excites many different neurons, leading to action.

Glutamate hypothesis of schizophrenia refers to the proposal that Schizophrenia is due to deficient activity at certain glutamate synapses

Glutton refers to a person who eats or consumes immoderate amounts of food and drink; a person with an inordinate capacity to receive or withstand something. Glutton, moreover, refers to a solitary, burrowing carnivorous mammal called "Gulo Gulo" of northern forest regions, related to the weasel and having a heavy set body, short legs, and dark fur with a bushy tail which is also called Carcajou, Skunk bear.

Glycogen refers to a glucose polymer synthesized in cells as a means of storing carbohydrate.