Effects of photoperiod on energy budgets and thermogenesis in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 323-331

  Zhao, Zhi Jun ^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 mass; Cytochrome c oxidase (COX); Leptin; Nonshivering thermogenesis (NST); Photoperiod; Thyroid hormones; Uncoupling protein1 (UCP1)

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LEPTIN; LIOTHYRONINE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; THYROXINE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERBIL; MALE; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PROTEIN CONTENT; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 33645423179     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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