Glycogen Storage in Fetuses of Trained Pregnant Rats

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 384-393

  Houghton, Pamela E ^a   Mottola, Michelle F ^a   Mezzapelli, Jamie ^a   Vandermolen, Richard ^a   Christopher, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise training; Fetal glycogen; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FETUS; GLYCOGEN; LIVER GLYCOGEN; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031203526     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h97-025     Document Type: Article

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