A new surgical technique for perfusion of the epididymal fat pad in situ in rats

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 39-43

  Dauchy, Robert T ^a   Blask, David E ^a   Sauer, Leonard A ^a  

^a BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,8,11,14,17 ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBON 14; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; ISOPRENALINE; LINOLEIC ACID; MELATONIN; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; STEARIC ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; CACHEXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; HOST; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPID TRANSPORT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TISSUE METABOLISM; TISSUE PERFUSION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; PERFUSION; RATS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0042821596     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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