Factors influencing metabolic rate in naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 447-459

  Goldman, Bruce D ^a   Goldman, Sharry L ^a   Lanz, Thomas ^a   Magaurin, Anne ^a   Maurice, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Food restriction; Metabolism; Naked mole rat; Norepinephrine; Sociality; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD INTAKE; METABOLIC RATE; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0032922595     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00306-0     Document Type: Article

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