Plasticity in energy budget and behavior in Swiss mice and striped hamsters under stochastic food deprivation and refeeding

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-91

  Zhao, Zhi Jun ^a,b   Cao, Jing ^a  

^a LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shandong Key Laboratory of Ecology and Biodiversity   (China)

Author keywords

Behavior; Energy budget; Food deprivation; Plasticity; Refeeding; Striped hamsters; Swiss mice

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HAMSTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; REFEEDING; SWISS WEBSTER MOUSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS BARABENSIS; MUS;

EID: 67649831347     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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