Low-carbohydrate diets affect energy balance and fuel homeostasis differentially in lean and obese rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Morens, C ^a   Sirot, V ^a   Scheurink, A J W ^a   Van Dijk, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

fa fa Zucker rats; Glucose tolerance; Insulin sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; INSULIN; RESISTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RATS, ZUCKER; THINNESS;

EID: 33845380043     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00128.2006     Document Type: Article

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