Dietary cholesterol enhances torpor in a rodent hibernator

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 416-422

  Geiser, Fritz ^a,b   Kenagy, G J ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary cholesterol; Hibernation; Metabolic rate; Rodent; Tamias amoenus; Testosterone; Thermoregulation; Torpor bouts; Yellow pine chipmunk

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; HIBERNATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; HIBERNATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; TESTOSTERONE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0031214694     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050091     Document Type: Article

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