Metabolism and aging: Effects of cold exposure on metabolic rate, body composition, and longevity in mice

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 314-324

  Vaanholt, Lobke M ^a,b   Daan, Serge ^a   Schubert, Kristin A ^a   Visser, G Henk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; GAS EXCHANGE; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PHENOLOGY; RODENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; MUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; COLD; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LONGEVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; BRAIN; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOCARDIUM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 69149096402     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589727     Document Type: Article

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