Limits to sustained energy intake. VIII. Resting metabolic rate and organ morphology of laboratory mice lactating at thermoneutrality

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4283-4291

  Krol E ^a   Johnson, M S ^a,c   Speakman, J R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat dissipation limit; Laboratory mouse; Mus musculus; Organ morphology; Peripheral limit; Resting metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 17544392208     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00676     Document Type: Article

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