Seasonal regulations of energetics, serum concentrations of leptin, and uncoupling protein 1 content of brown adipose tissue in root voles (Microtus oeconomus) from the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 663-671

  Wang, Jian Mei ^a,b,c   Zhang, Yan Ming ^a   Wang, De Hua ^b  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate (BMR); Leptin; Nonshivering thermogenesis (NST); Root vole (Microtus oeconomus); Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1)

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ION CHANNEL; LEPTIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; ION CHANNELS; LEPTIN; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; SEASONS; TIBET;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 33747856172     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-006-0089-4     Document Type: Article

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