Effects of rearing temperature on body weight and abdominal fat in male and female rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 2 43-2, 1998, Pages

  Young, James B ^a,b   Shimano, Yasunobu ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold exposure; Dietary carbohydrates; Physiological adaptation; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD TOLERANCE; FEMALE; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN; ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SUGAR INTAKE; TEMPERATURE;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DIETARY SUCROSE; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031989237     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.2.r398     Document Type: Article

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