Maternal manipulation of brown adipose tissue and liver development in the ovine fetus during late gestation

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 871-883

  Clarke, Lynne ^a   Bryant, Michael J ^a   Lomax, Michael A ^a,b   Symonds, Michael E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Fetus; Liver

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; LIOTHYRONINE; LIVER ENZYME; THYROXINE DEIODINASE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; LAMB; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; THERMOGENESIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COLD; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; LIVER; NOREPINEPHRINE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030871882     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970086     Document Type: Article

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