Effect of age and diet on total and paracellular glucose absorption in nestling house sparrows

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 501-511

  Brzȩk, Paweł ^a,d   Caviedes Vidal, Enrique ^b,c   Hoefer, Keeshia ^a   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ABSORPTION; AGE; BODY SIZE; CARBOHYDRATE; DIET; DIGESTION; ENZYME; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RATE; NESTLING; ONTOGENY; SONGBIRD;

ABSORPTION; ADAPTATION; AGING; ANIMAL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; SPARROW;

ABSORPTION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; GLUCOSE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPARROWS;

AVES; HEXAPODA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 77952046686     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651098     Document Type: Article

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