Cold-induced changes in thyroid function in a poikilothermic mammal, the naked mole-rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 1 49-1, 2001, Pages

  Buffenstein, Rochelle ^a,c   Woodley, Ryan ^a   Thomadakis, Cleopatra ^a   Daly, T Joseph M ^a   Gray, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicular cell height; Thyroid stimulating hormone; Thyrotrophs; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPTILE; THERMOREGULATION; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0035010561     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.280.1.r149     Document Type: Article

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