Photoperiod-dependent fat pad mass and cellularity changes after partial lipectomy in Siberian hamsters

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 2 39-2, 1996, Pages

  Mauer, Mary Margaret ^a   Bartness, Timothy J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adipose tissue; adipose tissue cellularity; body mass; carcass composition; food intake; obesity; recrudescence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; LIPECTOMY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0029972737     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.270.2.r383     Document Type: Article

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