Fatty acid composition of brown adipose tissue in genetically heat-tolerant FOK rats

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-44

  Ohno, T ^a   Furuyama, F ^b   Kuroshima, Akihiro ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA); Fatty acid composition; FOK rats

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HEAT; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; THERMOREGULATION; WISTAR RAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FATTY ACIDS; HEAT; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0035258073     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004840000082     Document Type: Article

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