α-Adrenergic stimulation of thermogenesis in a rat kangaroo (Marsupialia, Bettongia gaimardi)

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 3 40-3, 1996, Pages

  Ye, Ji Ming ^a   Edwards, Stephen J ^a   Rose, Randy W ^a   Steen, John T ^a   Clark, Michael G ^a   Colquhoun, Eric Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

naphazoline; norepinephrine; oxygen consumption; phentolamine; phenylephrine; propranolo l; prostaglandin; adrenoceptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; INDOMETACIN; NAPHAZOLINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KANGAROO; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 33745426401     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.3.r586     Document Type: Article

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