Differential effects of age and sex on the postnatal responsiveness of brown adipose tissue to prolactin administration in rats

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 527-531

  Pearce, Sarah ^a   Dieguez, Carlos ^b   Gualillo, Oreste ^b,c   Symonds, Michael E ^a   Stephenson, Terence ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; PROLACTIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INJECTION; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0037770128     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/eph8802575     Document Type: Article

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