Psammomys obesus and the albino rat - Two different models of nutritional insulin resistance, representing two different types of human populations

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 346-352

  Kalman, R ^a   Ziv, E ^a   Shafrir, E ^a   Bar On, H ^a   Perez, R ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Albino rat; Insulin resistance; Psammomys obesus; Thrifty metabolism; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; GERBIL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; RATS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0034805843     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0023677011911949     Document Type: Article

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