Hormonal responses to extreme fasting in subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) pups

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Verrier, Delphine ^a,b   Atkinson, Shannon ^c   Guinet, Christophe ^d   Groscolas, René ^b   Arnould, John P Y ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Insulin; Leptin; Starvation; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; FATTY ACID; GLUCAGON; GLYCEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEAL; STEADY STATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASAL METABOLISM; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; FASTING; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FUR SEALS; GLUCAGON; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; SEX FACTORS; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84859744615     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00370.2011     Document Type: Article

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