Food deprivation in the common vole (Microtus arvalis) and the tundra vole (Microtus oeconomus)

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

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-208

  Mustonen, Anne Mari ^a   Saarela, Seppo ^b   Nieminen, Petteri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Endocrinology; Food deprivation; Lipid metabolism; Microtus arvalis; Microtus oeconomus; Nitrogen metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FATTY ACID; GLYCOGEN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; UREA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLIMATE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLYCOGEN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UREA;

ARVICOLINAE; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 38349188168     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0213-0     Document Type: Article

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