Relationship between cold-induced thermoregulation and spontaneous rapid body weight loss of aging F344 rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 5 40-5, 1996, Pages

  Mcdonald, Roger B ^a   Florez Duquet, Maria ^a   Murtagh Mark, Carol ^a   Horwitz, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brown adipose tissue; cold exposure; Fischer 344 rats

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHERMIA; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029958492     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.5.r1115     Document Type: Article

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