"Control" laboratory rodents are metabolically morbid: Why it matters

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 6127-6133

  Martin, Bronwen ^a   Ji, Sunggoan ^a   Maudsley, Stuart ^a   Mattson, Mark P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinical trials; Exercise; Insulin resistance; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; OSTEOPONTIN; PRESENILIN 1; TAU PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL FUNCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OBESITY, MORBID; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77950908035     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912955107     Document Type: Review

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