Physiological response to extreme fasting in subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) pups: Metabolic rates, energy reserve utilization, and water fluxes

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Verrier, Delphine ^a,b,e   Groscolas, René ^b   Guinet, Christophe ^c   Arnould, John P Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

hydroxybutyrate; Lipid metabolism; Metabolic rate reduction; Protein sparing; Starvation

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; DEGRADATION; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MAMMAL; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SEAL; THERMOREGULATION; TISSUE GROWTH; WATER TRANSPORT;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FASTING; FEMALE; FUR SEALS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; SEASONS; WATER;

EID: 70449642948     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90857.2008     Document Type: Article

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