Daily exercise reduces fat, protein and body mass in male but not female rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-111

  Cortright, Ronald N ^a   Chandler, Margaret P ^b   Lemon, Peter W R ^a   Dicarlo, Stephen E ^b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Gender differences; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

FAT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROWTH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREADMILL;

EID: 0030738514     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00148-0     Document Type: Article

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