“…Blood glucose levels were determined using an ACCU-CHECK Aviva plus glucometer (Roche Diagnostic Corporation, Indianapolis, IN) [Kale et al, 2006]. Plasma free fatty acid (FFA) concentrations were measured with Free Fatty Acid Quantitation Kit reagents (MAK044; Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo) [Briski et al, 2017]. Plasma corticosterone (ADI-900-097; Enzo Life Sciences, Inc., Farmingdale, NY) and glucagon (EZGLU-30K, EMD Millipore, Billerica, MA) concentrations were determined using commercial ELISA kit reagents, as described [Alhamani et al, 2018].…”