Regulation of body weight and thermogenesis in seasonally acclimatized Brandt's voles (Microtus brandti)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-328

  Li, Xing Sheng ^a,b   Wang, De Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate (BMR); Body fat; Energy intake; Leptin; Nonshivering thermogenesis (NST); Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1)

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; LEPTIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STARVATION; SUMMER; THERMOGENESIS; VOLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WINTER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY INTAKE; LEPTIN; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 23844476534     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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