Role of urea in the postprandial urine concentration cycle of the insectivorous bat Antrozous pallidus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-284

  Bassett, John E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Fasting; Insectivorous; Plasma concentration; Plasma urea; Postprandial; Urea clearance; Urea synthesis; Urine concentration; Urine urea

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ANTROZOUS PALLIDUS; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY WATER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCRETION; FEEDING; INSECTIVORE; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; UREA CYCLE; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALIA; ANTROZOUS; ANTROZOUS PALLIDUS; CHIROPTERA;

EID: 0442276497     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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