Photoperiodic regulation in energy intake, thermogenesis and body mass in root voles (Microtus oeconomus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 546-553

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

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate (BMR); Body mass; Energy intake; Leptin; Nonshivering thermogenesis (NST); Root vole (Microtus oeconomus); Short photoperiod (SD); Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1)

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; THERMOGENESIS; VOLE;

MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 33751227825     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.08.034     Document Type: Article

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