An allometric comparison of microsomal membrane lipid composition and sodium pump molecular activity in the brain of mammals and birds

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 371-381

  Turner, Nigel ^a,b   Else, Paul L ^a   Hulbert, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Cholesterol; Docosahexaenoic acid; Fatty acids; K+ atpase; Na+; Phospholipids

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CHOLESTEROL; MEMBRANE LIPID; OUABAIN; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MICROSOME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICROSOMES; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; OUABAIN; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; DROMAIIDAE; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; FRINGILLIDAE; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 14644415932     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01377     Document Type: Article

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