Metabolic responses induced by fasting in the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 703-707

  Freitas, M B ^a   Welker, A F ^a   Millan, S F ^a   Pinheiro, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fasting; Fat; Glycogen; Metabolism; Vampire bats

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLYCOGEN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FASTING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN; LIVER GLYCOGEN; MALE; MUSCLES; PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344232761     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-003-0383-3     Document Type: Article

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