Trypanosoma cruzi infection alters glucose metabolism at rest and during exercise without modifying the morphology of pancreatic islets in rats

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 208, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 480-488

  Novaes, Rômulo D ^a   Gonçalves, Reggiani V ^b   Penitente, Arlete R ^a   Talvani, André ^c   Neves, Clóvis A ^a   Natali, Antônio J ^a   Maldonado, Izabel R S C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Exercise; Glucose metabolism; Pancreas; Pathology

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; GENETIC STRAIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREATITIS; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; REST; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXERCISE TEST; FIBROSIS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REST; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84864088714     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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