Glucose metabolism during lactation in a fasting animal, the northern elephant seal

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Champagne, Cory D ^a,b   Houser, Dorian S ^b   Crocker, Daniel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cori cycle; Gluconeogenesis; Glucose cycle; Pinnipedia

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; HORMONE; INSULIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ELEPHANT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCAGON; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LACTATION; LACTIC ACID; SEALS, EARLESS; TRITIUM; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33749340254     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00570.2005     Document Type: Article

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