The effects of birth weight and postnatal growth patterns on fat depth and plasma leptin concentrations in juvenile and adult pigs

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 558, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 295-304

  Poore, K R ^a,b   Fowden, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FAT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY FAT DEPTH; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; ECHOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LIPID STORAGE; YORKSHIRE PIG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATECHOLAMINES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; PREGNANCY; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 4043109047     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.061390     Document Type: Article

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