Different physiological traits underlying increased body fat of fatty (fa/fa) and heterozygous (+/fa) rats

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 272, Issue 1 35-1, 1997, Pages

  Schwarzer, Knut ^a   Döring, Heiko ^a   Schmidt, Ingrid ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

body composition; Brown Norway hybrids; insulin; thermogenesis; Zucker rat

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0031031341     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.272.1.e100     Document Type: Article

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