Obesity in rhesus and cynomolgus macaques: A comparative review of the condition and its implications for research

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 514-526

  Bauer, Sharon A ^a,b   Arndt, Tara P ^a,c   Leslie, Ken E ^a   Pearl, David L ^a   Turner, Patricia V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; FRUCTOSAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MUSCLE MASS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; TUMOR GROWTH; WEIGHT GAIN; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MONKEY DISEASES; OBESITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84856023238     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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