Photoperiodic responses of four wild-trapped desert rodent species

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 6, 1998, Pages

  El Bakry, Hanan A ^a   Zahran, Wafaa M ^b   Bartness, Timothy J ^b  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Exercise; Gerbils; Mice; Reproduction; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERBIL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0032429499     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.6.r2012     Document Type: Article

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