Scorpions regulate their energy metabolism towards increased carbohydrate oxidation in response to dehydration

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 372-377

  Kalra, Bhawna ^a   Gefen, Eran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Desiccation resistance; Energy metabolism; Scorpions; Water

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FUEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; BREATHING RATE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HEPATOPANCREAS; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDRATION; HYPOTHESIS; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY EXCHANGE RATE; SCORPION; STRESS;

SCORPIONES;

EID: 84861530826     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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