Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of age-associated changes in body composition of male brown Norway rats: Association of serum leptin levels with peripheral adiposity

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Wolden Hanson, Tami ^a   Marck, Brett T ^a   Smith, Lynna ^a   Matsumoto, Alvin M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032996822     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.3.B99     Document Type: Article

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