The fat body of bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) tadpoles during metamorphosis: Changes in mass, histology, and melatonin content and effect of food deprivation

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 498-503

  Wright, Mary L ^a   Richardson, Shaun E ^a   Bigos, Jill M ^a  

^a US   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipocytes; Bullfrog tadpoles; Fat bodies; Food deprivation; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FAT BODY; FEEDING; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HISTOLOGY; INTERSTITIUM; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; STARVATION; TADPOLE;

LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 80053206676     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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