Changes in your blood sugar levels can affect how you feel. To help you keep the level steady and healthy, your body makes a hormone called glucagon while you sleep and after you eat. It's made in ...

Insulin and glucagon help maintain blood sugar levels. Glucagon helps prevent blood sugar from dropping, while insulin stops it from rising too high. Insulin and glucagon work together in a balance ...

Glucagon raises the blood glucose concentration by mobilizing hepatic glycogen stores through activation of liver phosphorylase. Because crystalline glucagon is rapidly inactivated once it enters the ...