House sparrows (Passer domesticus) increase protein catabolism in response to water restriction

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Gerson, Alexander R ^a   Guglielmo, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance body composition analysis; Metabolic water; Total evaporative water loss

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FLUID BALANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RESPIROMETRY; SPARROW; WATER DEPRIVATION; WATER LOSS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; MALE; METABOLISM; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEINS; SHIVERING; SPARROWS; URIC ACID; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 79954500642     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00701.2010     Document Type: Article

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