Selective mobilization of fatty acids from adipose tissue in migratory birds

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-34

  Price, Edwin R ^a,c   Krokfors, Anna ^b   Guglielmo, Christopher G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hormone sensitive lipase; Linoleic acid; Migration; Philomachus; Relative mobilization; Unsaturated fatty acids; Zonotrichia

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DRUG EFFECT; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPARROW;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; GLYCEROL; LIPID MOBILIZATION; SPARROWS;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSERIDAE; PHILOMACHUS; PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX; ZONOTRICHIA; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

EID: 38949159696     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.009340     Document Type: Article

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